Sri Nagaraj Alias Nagaraj Konanur Vs State by — Karnataka HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Sri Nagaraj Alias Nagaraj Konanur Vs State by — Karnataka HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Release on regular bail subject to execution of a personal bond with two sureties and conduct conditions (regular appearance, non-tampering with prosecution witnesses, no similar offences, jurisdictional restraint).

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, an accused in a crime registered at Chikkaballapur who is in custody after rejection of his prior bail application by the Trial Court, should be enlarged on regular bail.

Court's answer

The petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in the underlying crime, subject to conditions.

Ratio / Principle

Although the allegations against the petitioner (harassing the victim girl and misbehaviour with other girl students of the college) remain to be proved in a full-fledged trial, the Court reasoned that with investigation completed, the charge sheet filed, the maximum punishment being imprisonment for a period (duration illegible), and the petitioner having no other criminal antecedents, his prayer for grant of regular bail needed to be answered affirmatively.

Key takeaways

Enlargement on bail is conditional upon, inter alia, execution of a personal bond (sum illegible) with two sureties for the likesum to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional Court, regular appearance on all dates of hearing unless exempted for valid reasons, refraining directly or indirectly from threatening or tampering with prosecution witnesses, non-involvement in similar offences in future, and not leaving the jurisdiction of the Trial Court without permission until the case registered against him is disposed of.ratio¶43

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Damage alert: most paragraphs of this High Court of Karnataka order are corrupted; only the substance below is verifiable from legible runs. A petitioner (name illegible), accused in a crime (number illegible) registered by the police at Chikkaballapur on allegations that he, while working in a college, harassed a first-year victim girl with sexual intent and also misbehaved with other girl students, sought regular bail after the Trial Court rejected his earlier bail application; he had been arrested and remanded to judicial custody, investigation was completed and the charge sheet filed. The High Court allowed the petition, holding that although the allegations required proof in a full-fledged trial, the prayer for regular bail needed an affirmative answer given completion of investigation, filing of the charge sheet, absence of other criminal antecedents, and the limited maximum punishment (period illegible). Enlargement was directed subject to a personal bond with two sureties for the likesum (amount illegible) and conditions of regular appearance, non-threatening/non-tampering with prosecution witnesses, non-involvement in similar offences, and not leaving the Trial Court's jurisdiction without permission until disposal. One respondent, though served, remained unrepresented. Statute and section references, the crime number, dates, the bond amount and the judge's name are illegible in the source.