Sri Kumar v. State by Hanuru Police Station
Anticipatory bail – Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure (filed u/s 482 BNSS)
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court at Bengaluru, E.S. Indiresh, J., order dated 10 April 2026 in CRL.P No. 14236 of 2025 [438(Cr.PC)/482(BNSS)], NC: 2026:KHC:20225: anticipatory bail petition in Crime No.182/2025 (Hanuru Police Station) for offences under Sections 20(b)(ii)B NDPS Act dismissed as infructuous because counsel stated the petitioner had already been apprehended by the Police. No cases cited; no relief granted; no quantum involved. Useful precedent only for the proposition that an anticipatory bail plea becomes infructuous upon the applicant's arrest.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner has been apprehended by the Police, the prayer made in the petition has become infructuous. ¶25