ITEM NO.13 COURT NO.12 SECTION II-C S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 2573/2022
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 15-02-2022 in CRLP No. 5660/2021 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru)
RAVIKUMAR Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Respondent(s)
(IA No. 39688/2022 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
Date : 12-01-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.T. RAVIKUMAR
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anand Sanjay M. Nuli, Adv.
For M/S. Nuli & Nuli, AOR
For Respondent(s) Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
The petitioner is before this Court assailing the order passed by the High Court on 15.02.2022 whereby the bail granted to the petitioner by the trial court has been cancelled. This Court, subsequent to notice being issued had granted interim protection on 02.05.2022. Pursuant thereto, the investigation is complete and the charge sheet has been filed.
In that view, at this stage, we see no reason to put the petitioner in custody at this stage. Since in any event if the charges are proved against him appropriate punishment would be imposed. In that view, the order dated 02.05.2022 is made absolute and the petitioner shall enjoy the benefit of bail subject to complying with all the conditions which were imposed by the trial court while granting bail on 19.02.2021.
In terms thereof, the special leave petition is disposed of.
Pending application (s) shall also stand disposed of.
(RAJNI MUKHI) (DIPTI KHURANA)
COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR