ORAL ORDER

(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI V.HOSMANI)

This petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (‘BNS S’ for short), for grant of anticipatory bail in Crime no.127/2024 of Bhatkal Town Police Station for offence punishable under Section 353 (2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 (‘BNS’ for short) by sole accused (petitioner).

2. Sri Venkatesh M. Kharvi, learned counsel for petitioner submitted petitioner was 57 years old businessman and permanent resident of Asarkeri. He had not committed any offences, but apprehending arrest in Crime no.127/2024 registered on 08.11.2024 by Bhatkal Town Police Station for offence punishable under Section 353 (2) of BNS arraigning petitioner as sole accused in order to destroy his reputation.

3. It was submitted, even in complaint filed by Mohiddin Ruknuddin (complainant), he stated that on 04.11.2024 at 12:00 p.m. petitioner had addressed public in premises of Assistant Commissioner’s office at Bhatkal, stating that properties claimed by muslims as Wakf did not belong to them, and that they were only tenants as in year 1947, their fore-fathers were given properties and sent to Pakistan. He also stated t