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Mr. Revuttappa Donura @ Ravi @ Raju v. State by Karnataka

Karnataka HC22 Apr 2026CRL.P/7807/2025

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What is this about?

Bail refused; POCSO Sections 4 and 6 with BNS 2023 Section 65(1); Karnataka HC CRL.P No. 7807 of 2025; Justice M. Nagaprasanna; second bail application after charge sheet filing; Crime No. 376/2024 Nelamangala Rural Police Station; Special Case No. 286/2025 before Addl. District and Sessions Judge FTSC-II Bengaluru Rural; alleged rape of 14-year-old girl by JCB driver; filing of charge sheet no ground for bail at this juncture; petition rejected 22.04.2026 with liberty reserved on changed circumstances.

What did the court decide?

None; liberty reserved to the petitioner to knock at the doors of the appropriate fora in the event of any changed circumstance. ¶¶39

Mr. Revuttappa Donura @ Ravi @ Raju Vs State… — Child Sexual Offences (POCSO) | Karnataka HC (2026)

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NC: 2026:KHC:22063 CRL.P No. 7807 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 22^ND DAY OF APRIL, 2026

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7807 OF 2025

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BETWEEN:

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MR. REVUTTAPPA DONURA @ RAVI @ RAJU S/O BEEMAPPA, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, RESIDING AT PRAKASH HOUSE, GURUVANAHALLI VILLAGE, KASABA HOBLI, NELAMANGALA TALUK, BENGALURU DISTRICT, KARNATAKA.

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Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY Location: High Court of Karnataka

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ALSO AT: MR. REVUTTAPPA DONURA @ RAVI @ RAJU, S/O BEEMAPPA, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, R/AT DEVARA HIPPARAGI VILLAGE, SINDAGI TALUK, VIJAYANAGARA, KARNATAKA.

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…PETITIONER

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(BY SRI. S. SHEHINSHA ALI, ADVOCATE)

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AND:

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STATE BY KARNATAKA BY NELAMANGALA RURAL POLICE STATION, BENGALURU,

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NC: 2026:KHC:22063 CRL.P No. 7807 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.

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SMT. SHARADAMMA W/O SRINIVAS, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, RESIDING AT HANUMANTHAGOWDANAPALYA VILLAGE, KASABA HOBLI, NELAMANGALA TALUK, BENGALURU DISTRICT, KARNATAKA.

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…RESPONDENTS

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(BY SRI. B.N. JAGADEESHA, ADDL. SPP FOR R1; VIDE ORDER DATED 15.07.2025, NOTICE TO R2 IS HELD SUFFICIENT)

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THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 439 OF CR.PC (FILED U/S 483 BNNS) PRAYING TO ENLARGE HIM ON BAIL IN CRIME NO.376/2024 REGISTERED AT NELAMANGALA RURAL POLICE STATION FOR THE OFFENCES P/U/S 65(1) OF BNS AND SECTION 4, 6 OF POCSO ACT WITH SPL.C.NO.286/2025 PENDING BEFORE THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, FTSC-II BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT, BENGALURU.

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THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

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NC: 2026:KHC:22063 CRL.P No. 7807 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

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ORAL ORDER

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The petitioner is before this Court seeking his

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enlargement on bail for it having been turned down by the concerned court in Special Case No. 286 of 2025, registered for offences punishable under Section 65(1) of the BNS, 2023 and Sections 4 and 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (the POCSO Act' for short).

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Heard Sri. S. Shehinsha Ali, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Sri. B.N. Jagadeesha, learned Addl. SPP appearing for respondent No.1 and have perused the material on record.

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The complainant, one Smt. Sharadamma registers a complaint before the jurisdictional police. The allegation is that the petitioner, driver of a JCB has committed the act of brutal sexual assault upon a girl aged about 14 years and therefore, the crime comes to be registered. The concerned Court, by its order dated 19.05.2025, rejected the bail. The police, after investigation, file a charge sheet and the petitioner after filing

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HC-KAR

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of the charge sheet has taken a second chance for seeking granting of bail on the score that the charge sheet is filed and the proceedings are pending in Special Case No.286 of 2025. The allegation against the petitioner is horrendous.

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In the light of the said allegation, whether the fact of filing of the charge sheet or not filing of the charge sheet would not make any difference atleast for now for the reason that the petitioner being a driver of a JCB sees an innocent girl of 14 years old, half of his age and commits the act of rape. Therefore, there is no warrant of grant of bail to the petitioner at this juncture.

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Reserving liberty to the petitioner to knock at the doors of the appropriate fora in the event of any changed circumstance, the petition stands rejected.

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Sd/(M.NAGAPRASANNA)

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JUDGE

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SJK

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