Nagaraju v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail Karnataka High Court CRL.P 17263/2025 M.Nagaprasanna Judge 17-04-2026; Section 438 CrPC application filed under Section 482 BNSS; Crime No. 110/2025 Kanakapura Rural Police Station pending before I Addl. Civil Judge (Junior Division) JMFC Kanakapura; offences Sections 409 criminal breach of trust/misappropriation, 418, 420 cheating, 465, 468 forgery, 201 destruction of evidence IPC mapped to Sections 316(5), 318(3), 318(4), 336(2), 336(3), 238 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023; petitioner Nagaraju @ Ningegowda former Secretary Milk Producers Co-operative Society Doddamuduvali village Harohalli Bengaluru South; alleged misappropriation of society funds Rs. 19,72,724/- over 1996-97 to 2022-23; bail rationale offences punishable with imprisonment of seven years or less; conditions: surrender before IO, personal bond Rs. 1,00,000/- two solvent sureties, no witness tampering, cooperation, three-month jurisdiction restriction, fortnightly police reporting, automatic cancellation on violation; counsel Partha Sarathy M. for petitioner, B.N.Jagadeesha Addl. SPP for State of Karnataka; IPC-to-BNS offence mapping instance useful for transition-era bail jurisprudence.