IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 9TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.N.PHANEENDRA CRIMINAL PETITION No.1475/2019 BETWEEN:
SRI PRAMODKUMAR V S/O VENKATASWAMY P AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, R/O NO.1745, 24TH CROSS, PRASHANTH NAGAR BENGALURU-560079 ... PETITIONER (By Sri. CHAITANYA S G, ADVOCATE) AND:
STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY CHANDRA LAYOUT POLICE STATION BENGLAURU-560072 REPRESENTED BY SPP HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA. ... RESPONDENT (By Sri. ROHIT B.J., HCGP) THIS CRL. PETITION IS FILED U/S 438 CR.P.C. PRAYING TO ENLARGE THE PETITIONER ON BAIL IN THE EVENT OF HIS ARREST IF IT IS REGISTERED U/S 408, 420 R/W SEC. 34 OF IPC, 1860.
THIS CRIMINAL PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned HCGP for the respondent-State. Perused the records.
2. The petitioner has sought for grant of blanket bail order alleging that the respondent- Chandra Layout police have often calling him to the police station and making him to sit in the police station for whole day. Except stating that there is no other material is produced to show that why the respondents-police are making hectic efforts to apprehend him for the offences punishable under Section 408 and 420 of IPC.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner relied upon Annexure-B, which is a mail sent to the Manager, S.B.I., stating that Chandra Layout Police have forcibly taken two cheques and handed over the same to General Manager R.V. Bajaj Company and later he directed the Branch Manager to stop payment insofar as said cheques are concerned, which shows that some transaction might have taken place between the petitioner and R.V. Bajaj. No other materials are available on record to show that on what ground the said R.V. Bajaj lodged a complaint against the petitioner for the offence punishable under Sections 408 and 420 of IPC, before this Court to come to the conclusion that there is reasonable apprehension of the arrest of the petitioner in connection with the aforesaid offences, otherwise, as rightly observed by the Sessions Court, grant of bail amounts to blanket bail order. Therefore, I do not find any strong reason to entertain the petition. If the petitioner is aggrieved by the conduct of the respondent-Chandra Layout Police Station, then he can approach the higher police officer for his remedy.
With the above said observations, the petition stands dismissed.
Sd/- JUDGE Psg*