Baba @ Chappar Baba @ Zameer Pasha v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 11566 of 2025; decided 09-09-2025 by Justice Mohammad Nawaz (single judge). Bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. (filed under Section 483 BNSS) by accused No.7 in S.C.No.351/2020 arising from Crime No.213/2013 (Sections 399 and 402 IPC - dacoity assembly). Dismissed. Key factors: earlier bail forfeited by absence, split-up case, NBW, arrest and judicial custody, non-completion of trial since 2013, seven other cases against petitioner (habitual offender), flight risk and further trial delay. Keywords: bail, habitual offender, absconding, dacoity, split-up case, NBW, Sections 399/402 IPC, Karnataka High Court.
What did the court decide?
The grounds urged by learned counsel for petitioner (ill-health, unawareness of the split-up case, custody in another case) cannot be accepted so as to enlarge the petitioner on bail.