Mr. K C Ananda v. State of Karnataka
Anticipatory bail – SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act – appeal u/s 14A(2)
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; Section 482 BNSS 2023; Section 14A(2) SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 2015; BNS 2023 Sections 115(2), 118(1), 126(2), 352, 64(1), 74; SC/ST Act Sections 3(1)(w)(i), 3(2)(v); Crime No.199/2025 Kencharlahalli Police Station; Crl.Misc.No.697/2025; Chikkaballapura; I Additional District and Sessions Judge; rape allegation against accused no.1; accused no.2 alleged only to have closed the door; no averments constituting SC/ST Act penal provisions; bail on self bond Rs.1,00,000 with one surety; conditions to assist IO, not tamper with witnesses, no similar offence. Relevant for: scope of appeals under S.14A SC/ST Act against rejection of anticipatory bail; grant of bail where SC/ST Act ingredients absent against co-accused.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed as against appellant no.2; impugned order in Crl.Misc.No.697/2025 set aside as against accused no.2; anticipatory bail application of accused no.2 Venkataravanappa under Section 482 BNSS allowed; he is to be released on bail on self bond of Rs.1,00,000/- with one surety in the event of arrest in Crime No.199/2025, with conditions to assist investigation, not to tamper with or threaten witnesses, and not to indulge in similar offence; Registry directed to send copy of the judgment to the trial Court.