ORDER :

M.G. UMA, J.

The petitioner being accused No.1 is seeking grant of bail in Crime No.7/2025 of Zalaki police station, Vijayapur district, pending in Criminal Case No.2396/2025 on the file of learned Civil Judge and JMFC, Indi, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103 (1) read with Section 3 (5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘ BNS , 2023’).

2. Heard Sri Lagali Raimohan Suresh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Jamadar Shahabuddin, learned High Court Government Pleader for the respondent – State. Perused the materials on record.

3. In view of the rival contentions urged by the learned counsel for both the parties, the point that would arise for my consideration is:

“Whether the petitioner is entitled for grant of bail under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023?”

My answer to the above point is in the ‘Affirmative’ for the following:

REASONS

4. The informant lodged the first information with Zalaki police against accused Nos.1 and 2 alleging that, accused No.2 had lent money to the deceased and in that regard, there was verbal altercation between the deceased and accused No.2 over phone. Following such altercation, the deceased said to have flattened the ty