Sri Manohar Bheemappa v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC, 07.04.2026, M.G.S. Kamal J. — CRL.P No. 9556 of 2025 (439 Cr.PC / 483 BNSS): bail petition in POCSO-cum-IPC 376(2)(f)/(n), 376(3) case (Cr.No.153/2024, Ramanagara Women Police; Spl.CC No.62/2025) dismissed as infructuous because the trial Court had granted bail on 18.02.2026; earlier trial-Court dismissal dated 03.05.2025 in Crl.Misc.No.340/2025. Keywords: regular bail, infructuous petition, supervening event, POCSO S.4(2)/5(n)/6, IPC S.376, Ramanagara, petitioner unrepresented at hearing. Of limited precedential value — no ruling on bail merits; usable only to illustrate dismissal of bail appeals rendered infructuous by subsequent grant of bail below.
What did the court decide?
The petition is dismissed as having become infructuous, the Court having taken on record the learned High Court Government Pleader's submission that the trial Court granted bail to the petitioner on 18.02.2026.