Dismissed¶23

Mr Nikhil M M v. State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC2 Apr 2025CRL.P/1996/2025

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Anticipatory-bail-related criminal petition dismissed as not pressed; no merits adjudicated. Keywords: CRL.P No. 1996 of 2025; High Court of Karnataka; S Vishwajith Shetty; S.438 Cr.P.C.; S.482 BNSS; dismissed as not pressed; liberty to surrender and apply for regular bail; regular bail application to be considered on merits expeditiously; Crl.Misc.No.1106/2024; IV Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Mangaluru; Cr.No.1106/2024; Mangaluru East Police Station; Sec.420 IPC (cheating); Sec.66(C) and 66(D) I.T Act; petitioner Nikhil M M; decided 02.04.2025.

What did the court decide?

Liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the Jurisdictional Court of Magistrate and file necessary application seeking regular bail, with the direction that such application shall be considered on merits and disposed of as expeditiously as possible. ¶23

Mr Nikhil M M Vs State of Karnataka — Cheating and Forgery | Karnataka HC (2025)

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Issue for consideration

Whether the order dated 04.01.2025 passed in Crl.Misc.No.1106/2024 by the IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mangaluru, in respect of Cr.No.1106/2024 for offences under Sec.420 of IPC and 66(C) and 66(D) of I.T Act, ought to be set aside (criminal petition under S.438 Cr.P.C. / S.482 BNSS).

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Ratio / Principle

On the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner, the Court placed the request on record and dismissed the criminal petition as not pressed, granting liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the Jurisdictional Court of Magistrate and file necessary application seeking regular bail.

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Key takeaways

Further direction that in the event the petitioner surrenders before the Jurisdictional Court of Magistrate and files necessary application seeking regular bail, the same shall be considered on merits and disposed of as expeditiously as possible.obiter¶24

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Criminal Petition No. 1996 of 2025, filed under S.438 Cr.P.C. (printed also as filed under S.482 BNNS) by Nikhil M M, sought to set aside the order dated 04.01.2025 passed in Crl.Misc.No.1106/2024 by the Court of the IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mangaluru, arising from Cr.No.1106/2024 of Mangaluru East Police Station registered for offences under Sec.420 of IPC and 66(C) and 66(D) of the I.T Act. When the petition came on for orders, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that it may be dismissed as not pressed at that stage, with liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the Jurisdictional Court of Magistrate and file necessary application seeking regular bail. Placing the submission on record, Justice S Vishwajith Shetty dismissed the petition as not pressed with the liberty prayed for, and directed that in the event the petitioner surrenders and files an application seeking regular bail, it shall be considered on merits and disposed of as expeditiously as possible. Oral order dated 02.04.2025.

Mr Nikhil M M v. State of Karnataka

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