JUDGMENT

Shivashankar Amarannavar, J. - Criminal Petition No.101086/2020 has been filed by accused No.1 and Criminal Petition No.100946/2020 has been filed by accused No.3 under Section 438 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the Cr.P.C. , for brevity) seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.100/2020 of Hagaribommanahalli Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 403, 406, 408 and 409 of The Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the IPC , for brevity).

2. It is the case of the prosecution that the Joint director (Training) and Ex-Officio Joint Apprenticeship Adviser, Department of Industrial Training and Employment, Divisional Officer, Kalaburgi, lodged a complaint alleging that under the SCP and TSP scheme, the Government had taken to provide Laptops to the SC/ST ITI students at free of cost. It is alleged that accused No.1 who is the principal of Sri. Guru Kottureshwara Private ITI College, Hagaribommanahalli and accused No.4-Sharukh, who is the Administrator of Sri. Guru Kottureshwara Private ITI College, Hagaribommanahalli, sold the Laptops at Brundavana Hotel, Station Road, Dharwad and they were caught red-handed