Somanna @ Samanna v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC criminal petition allowed - bail to husband of minor victim; marriage within extended family; two children born out of wedlock; proceedings triggered by hospital authorities' complaint after antenatal check-up revealed minority, not by victim or family; victim resides with petitioner's family, no coercion alleged; charge-sheet filed, investigation complete; no risk of absconding or witness tampering found; sole breadwinner with two dependent minor children; bail conditioned on personal bond with two sureties, no tampering, attendance, no similar offence, no leaving jurisdiction. Source text corrupt (mojibake); all figures/dates/names unrecoverable.
What did the court decide?
Criminal Petition allowed: petitioner to be enlarged on bail upon executing a personal bond, with two sureties for the like sum, to the satisfaction of the Jurisdictional Court, subject to conditions that he shall not tamper with prosecution witnesses or evidence directly or indirectly, shall appear before the Trial Court on all dates of hearing unless exempted by the said Court for valid reasons, shall not involve himself in any criminal activity or offence of similar nature in future, and shall not leave the jurisdiction of the Trial Court without prior permission until disposal of the case. (Bond amount withheld: figures in source unrecoverable.)