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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 16^TH DAY OF JULY, 2021

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. NATARAJAN

CRIMINAL PETITION No.2127/2021

C/W

CRIMINAL PETITON No.2118/2021

IN CRL.P.No.2127/2021

BETWEEN:

1.

Sri. Arun Kumar.K.N.

S/o Narayanappa.K.R.

Aged about 28 years

No.302, Venkateshwara Nilaya

18^th Cross, TC Palya Main Road

Rammurthy Nagar

Bengaluru-560 016.

2.

Sri. Narayanappa.K.R.

S/o. Ramachandrappa

Aged about 54 years

3.

Smt. Manjula.V.

W/o. Narayanappa.K.R.

Aged about 52 years

Petitioner No. 2 & 3 are

R/at: No.310/1, 5^th Cross

KTG College Main Road

Sri.Gandhanagar

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Hegganahally, Vishwaneedam

Bengaluru North

Bengaluru-560 091.

..Petitioners

(By Sri.K.R.Ramesh., Advocate)

AND:

State of Karnataka,

By Halasuru Gate

Women Police Station

Bengaluru.

Rep. by Public Prosecutor

High Court Building

High Court

Bengaluru-560 001.

..Respondent

(By Sri.K.Nageshwarappa, HCGP)

This Criminal petition is filed under Section 438 of

Cr.P.C., praying to enlarge the petitioners on bail in the

event of their arrest in the complaint anticipated to be

given by the 1^st petitioner9s wife Smt.Sowmay.G.,

against the petitioners attracting Sec.498A of IPC and

r/w Sections 3 and 4 of D.P.Act.

IN CRL.P.No.2118/2021

BETWEEN:

1.

Sri. Arun Kumar.K.N.

S/o Narayanappa.K.R.

Aged about 28 years

No.302, Venkateshwara Nilaya

18^th Cross, TC Palya Main Road

Rammurthy Nagar

Bengaluru-560 016.

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2.

Sri. Narayanappa.K.R.

S/o. Ramachandrappa

Aged about 54 years

3.

Smt. Manjula.V.

W/o. Narayanappa.K.R.

Aged about 52 years

Petitioner No. 2 & 3 are

R/at: No.310/1, 5^th Cross

KTG College Main Road

Sri.Gandhanagar

Hegganahally, Vishwaneedam

Bengaluru North

Bengaluru-560 091.

..Petitioners

(By Sri.K.R.Ramesh., Advocate)

AND:

State of Karnataka,

By Rammurthy Nagar Police

Bengaluru.

Rep. by Public Prosecutor

High Court Building

High Court

Bengaluru-560 001.

..Respondent

(By Sri.K.Nageshwarappa, HCGP)

This Criminal petition is filed under Section 438 of

Cr.P.C., praying to enlarge the petitioners on bail in the

event of their arrest in the complaint anticipated to be

given by the 1^st petitioner9s wife Smt.Sowmay.G.,

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against the petitioners attracting Sec.498A of IPC and

r/w Sections 3 and 4 of D.P.Act.

These Criminal petitions coming on for Orders,

this day, the Court made the following:

O R D E R

Criminal petition Nos.2127/2021 and 2118/2021

are filed by petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 under

Section 438 of Cr.P.C. for granting them anticipatory

bail in the event of their arrest in any case to be

registered on the complaint of Smt.G.Sowmya, who is

the wife of petitioner No.1 and daughter-in-law of

petitioner Nos.2 and 3.

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Heard the arguments of learned counsel for

the petitioners and the learned High Court Government

Pleader for the respondent-State.

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The case of the petitioners is that petitioner

No.1 had married to one Smt.Sowmya on 21.11.2019

at Krishna Convention Hall, T.Dasarahalli, Tumakuru

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Road, Bengaluru and after the marriage, they lived

together

in

the

house

of

petitioners9

at

Sri

Gandhanagar, Bengaluru within the jurisdiction of

Ulsoor Police Station. The wife of the petitioner No.1

started troubling the family and demanding her

husband who is the petitioner No.1 to arrange for a

separate house for herself and petitioner No.1.

Thereafter, Petitioner Nos.2 and 3 have advised the

petitioner No.1 to set up a separate rented house in

Rammurthy Nagar, Bengaluru. Even then, she started

quarreling with petitioner No.1 and she also avoided to

allow the petitioners No.2 and 3 to visit their house and

threatened petitioner No.1 of giving false complaint to

the Police against him and his parents and put them

behind the bars. Smt. Sowmya left the house and the

petitioners are apprehended their arrest on the

offences alleged, by respondent-Police.

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4.

On

the

basis

of

the

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