ORDER

The petitioner, apprehending arrest for the alleged offences under Sections 191(2), 329(3), 351(3) and 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in Crime No.229 of 2025 on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.

2. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner trespassed into the disputed property and destroyed several trees belonging to the defacto complainant. Hence, the case has been registered.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is the owner of the property comprised in S.F.Nos.738, 739, 740/1, 740/2 and 741, to a total extent of 18.27 acres, and that he is in absolute possession and enjoyment of the same. According to him, a neighbouring landowner, falsely claiming right over the said property, has lodged a complaint on 11.12.2025 alleging that the petitioner destroyed teakwood trees, moringa trees, bamboo trees, palmyra trees, and banana trees using a JCB in t