Narayanaswamy v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru (Shivashankar Amaranannavar, J.), CRL.P No. 16012 of 2025, decided 25-11-2025: anticipatory bail petition under Section 438 Cr.PC / Section 482 BNSS regarding Crime No.240/2025 of Doddaballapur Women Police Station (Sections 80, 85, 54, 74, 115(2), 352 and 190, BNS 2023); earlier bail rejected on 17.11.2025 by IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Doddaballapura in Crl.Misc.No.10199/2025; petition dismissed as infructuous on counsel's withdrawal memo after petitioner's arrest; no ruling on merits.
What did the court decide?
On the learned counsel's memo withdrawing the petition as not pressed (the petitioner having been arrested, rendering the petition infructuous), the Court dismissed the petition as having become infructuous. No adjudication was made on the anticipatory-bail question. ¶36