Balakrishna @ Balu v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2025:KHC:37041 | High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru | CRL.P No. 10402 of 2025 | decided 15.09.2025 | Mohammad Nawaz, J. | Keywords: regular bail rejected; S.439 Cr.P.C.; S.483 BNSS (printed 'BNNS'); POCSO; Sections 363, 376(2)(n), 376(3) IPC; Section 6 POCSO Act, 2012; minor victim aged about 16 years (DOB 14.12.2008); kidnapping on 27.05.2024; detention at CW.7's house; repeated penetrative sexual assault (27.05.2024 to 12.06.2024); charge sheet filed; victim's statement recorded by Magistrate; medical examination; trial at fag end; arguments posted 23.09.2025; prima facie case; Kolar Women Police Station Crime No.54/2024; Special Case (POCSO) No.123/2024; Addl. District and Sessions Judge FTSC-I (POCSO), Kolar; earlier bail dismissed 09.04.2025; rider that dismissal shall not influence Trial Court.
What did the court decide?
At this stage there is a prima facie case against the petitioner.