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Girish @ Menta @ Mental v. State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC29 Apr 2026CRL.P/15968/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Bail application dismissed as infructuous; CRL.P 15968/2025; Karnataka HC; Justice M.I. Arun; Crime No.118/2025; Section 311 BNS 2023; S.439 CrPC / S.483 BNSS; Sampangi Ramanagara PS; 48th ACJM Bengaluru; trial court bail granted 09.01.2026; petitioner absent; no precedent engaged.

What did the court decide?

The criminal petition is hereby dismissed as having become infructuous, because the trial court had already granted bail to the petitioner on 09.01.2026. ¶30

Girish @ Menta @ Mental Vs State of Karnataka — Bail and Remand | Karnataka HC (2026)

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NC: 2026:KHC:23893 CRL.P No. 15968 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

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DATED THIS THE 29^TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 15968 OF 2025

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(439(Cr.PC) / 483(BNSS))

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BETWEEN:

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GIRISH @ MENTA @ MENTAL S/O LATE RAJA AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS R/AT 2^ND MAIN, 4^TH CROSS VINAYAKANAGARA WILSON GARDEN, BENGALURU. PERMANENTLY RESIDING AT DEEPAK'S HOUSE, NO.595 4^TH D CROSS, K.S. GARDEN LALBAGH ROAD, BENGALURU.

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…PETITIONER

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(BY SRI. SRINIVASA GOWDA K., ADVOCATE [ABSENT])

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Digitally signed by GEETHA P G Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

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AND:

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STATE OF KARNATAKA BY SHO SAMPANGI RAMANAGARA P.S. BENGALURU CITY. REP. BY HIGH COURT GOVT. PLEADER HIGH COURT BUILDINGS BENGALURU-560 001.

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…RESPONDENT

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(BY SRI. VINAY MAHADEVAIAH, HCGP)

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THIS CRL.P. IS FILED U/S 439 CR.P.C (U/S 483 BNSS) PRAYING TO ENLARGE THE PETITONER ON BAIL IN CR.NO.118/2025 REGISTERED BY THE RESPONDENT POLICE IN SAMPANGI RAMANAGARA P.S., FOR THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE

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NC: 2026:KHC:23893 CRL.P No. 15968 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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UNDER SECTION 311 OF THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023, PENDING ON THE FILE OF 48^TH ACJM, BENGALURU.

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THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THROUGH PHYSICAL HEARING/VIDEO CONFERENCING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN

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ORAL ORDER

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None appears for the petitioner.

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2. Learned High Court Government Pleader submits that, the present petition is filed by the petitioner for grant of bail for the offence alleged in Crime No.118/2025 pending on the file of 48^th Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru. He further submits that the petition has become infructuous, as the trial

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Court has granted bail to the petitioner on 09.01.2026.

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3. For the aforementioned reason, the criminal petition is

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hereby dismissed as having become infructuous.

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Sd/(M.I.ARUN) JUDGE

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PGG

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