Successive bail petition in a murder case where the accused allegedly strangled his wife of five months and staged it as suicide. The court found no changed circumstances, held incarceration alone is no ground for bail, and dismissed the petition.
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NC: 2026:KHC:21114 CRL.P No. 16907 of 2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 16907 OF 2025
BETWEEN:
SIDDAPPA BASAVARAJA BENNURA S/O BASAVARAJA, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, R/AT NO. 721, GROUND FLOOR, 7TH B MAIN, HRBR LAYOUT, 1ST BLOCK, KALYAN NAGAR, BENGALURU- 560 043
PERMANENTLY R/AT: TAKKALAKI VILLAGE AND POST, BASAVANABAGEWADI TALUK, VIJAYAPUR- 586 216.
…PETITIONER
Digitally signed by LAKSHMI T Location: High Court of Karnataka
(BY SRI. HEMANTH KUMAR K., ADVOCATE)
AND:
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY BANASWADI POLICE STATION, REP. BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT COMPLEX, BENGALURU- 560 001
…RESPONDENT
(BY SRI. RAHUL RAIK.K., HCGP)
THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 439 CR.PC (FILED U/S 483 BNSS) PRAYING TO ENLARGE THE PETITIONER ON BAIL IN S.C.NO.1828/2023 (CRIME NO.372/2023) REGISTERED BY THE
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BANASWADI POLICE/RESPONDENT, FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 302 OF INDIAN PENAL CODE, PENDING ON THE FILES OF HONBLE LXV ADDITIONAL CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE AT BENGALURU.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ
ORAL ORDER
This is a successive bail petition preferred by the petitioner praying to enlarge him on bail in S.C.No.1828/2023 on the file of the Court of
XLV Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore.
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consumed alcohol, but later permitted him to enter the house. After having dinner, the deceased declined to sleep with the petitioner. In the early hours of 25.07.2023, at about 3:00 a.m., when the petitioner approached the deceased, she resisted, leading to a quarrel. It is alleged that, the petitioner strangulated the deceased resulting in her death. Thereafter, with an intention to screen the offence, the petitioner attempted to give the incident a colour of suicide by tying a saree around the neck of the deceased and fastening it to a window grill. However, being unable to completely suspend the body, he left it in a partially hanging position and informed CW.8 over phone that the deceased had committed suicide. Subsequently, when CWs.5, 7 and 8 arrived and questioned him, the petitioner is stated to have admitted the act, and on their indicating that the matter would be reported to the police, he fled from the scene.
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petition was dismissed on 23.01.2024, after considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the gravity of the offence and also the material against the petitioner.
Sd/(MOHAMMAD NAWAZ) JUDGE
LDC
List No.: 1 Sl No.: 1
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a successive bail application in a Section 302 IPC murder case should be granted absent changed circumstances.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Siddappa Basavaraja Bennura
The State of Karnataka by Banaswadi Police Station
Mohammad Nawaz
As recorded by the court registry
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