AND 1 OTHER IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 6^th DAY OF February, 2026 R PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VENKATESH NAIK T CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1023 OF 2025 (21(NIA))

C/W CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.858 OF 2025 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.927 OF 2025 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.932 OF 2025 IN CRL.A No.1023/2025 BETWEEN:

NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY BRANCH OFFICE SY.NO.41/14 NEAR HI-TECH CITY RAILWAY STATION (HI-TECH CITY-JNTU ROAD), KHANAMET MADHAPUR HYDERABAD TELANGANA-500 085 REPRESENTED BY ITS SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.

…APPELLANT (BY SRI SACHIN C., ADVOCATE FOR SRI PRASANNA KUMAR P., SPECIAL PP)

AND:

1. MD. SHAHBAZ @ ZULFIKAR @GUDDU AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS S/O. LATE MD. SABIR HUSSAIN H.NO.50, PURANI BASTI PANCHI MOHALLA NEAR GULMINAR MASJID JUGSALAI, JAMSHEDPUR JHARKHAND-831 006.

AND 1 OTHER

2. SHAYAN REHMAN @ HUSSAIN AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS S/O. ATAUR REHMAN

39 B, POCKET-3 MAYUR VIHAR-1 CHILLA SARODA KHADAR, EAST DELHI DELHI-110 091.

3. MUZAMIL M.D.

AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS S/O. MD. ISMAIL DOOR NO.9, WARD NO.17 II CROSS, S.N. PET (SATHYA NARAYANA PET)

BELLARY, KARNATAKA. PERMANANT ADDRESS DOOR NO.98, WARD NO.11 BANGAR STREET KOLMI CHOWK, BELLARY KARNATAKA-583 101.

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