JUDGMENT

B.A.Patil, J. - The present petition is filed by accused No.1 under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. to enlarge him on anticipatory bail in Crime No.135/20 of K.P.Agrahara Police Station, Bengaluru, for the offences punishable under Section 506, 120B, 465, 384, 419 of IPC.

2. I have heard Sri A.S.Ponnanna, learned Senior Counsel for Sri Ravikumar B.K., learned counsel for the petitioner-accused No.1; Sri V.M.Sheelavanth, learned SPP-I for respondent No.1-State; and Sri C.V.Nagesh, learned Senior Counsel for Sri P.N.Manmohan, learned counsel for respondent No.2-complainant.

3. The brief facts of the case are that petitioneraccused No.1 is the Managing Director of Power TV News Channel. Complaint's Company is engaged in construction activities and has obtained tenders from various Departments of the State and Central Governments and BDA. In respect of four different contracts of BDA, an amount of Rs.140 Crores was due to the complainant. It is further alleged that in the month of June, 2020, petitioner-accused No.1 called the complainant and asked him to meet him in his office at Mathikere. Accordingly, the complainant went and met the petitioner-accused No.1 and the complainant inform