NALINA KUMAR VT vs STATE OF KARNATAKA — CRL.A/454/2026

Case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 352, 133, 115(2), 118(1), 351(2), 3(5). Disposed: Contested--ALLOWED on 09th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: KAHC010173392026

Filing Number

CRL.A/434/2026

Filing Date

04-Mar-2026

Registration No

CRL.A/454/2026

Registration Date

06-Mar-2026

Judge

M.G.S. Kamal

Coram

M.G.S. Kamal

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

CRL.A ( 110 )

Sub-Category

U/S 14(A) (2)-(A) (2) of SC and ST ACT ( 6 )

Judicial Branch

Judicial Section

Decision Date

09-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ALLOWED

Last updated 11-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 352, 133, 115(2), 118(1), 351(2), 3(5)
The Scheduled Castes and the Schedules Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 Section 3(1)(r)(s), 3(2)(va)

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.NALINA KUMAR VT

    Adv. HITESH GOWDA B.J

  2. 2.NAVEEN KUMAR P

  3. 3.SANDEEPA P

  4. 4.PALAKSHAPPA

  5. 5.VEERENDRA Y

  6. 6.SHIVAKUMAR K P

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF KARNATAKA

  2. 2.MAHENDRA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 09-Apr-2026

    M.G.S. KamalView PDF

    Summary: The Karnataka High Court allowed the criminal appeal and granted anticipatory bail to six accused persons charged under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The court found that the complaint lacked prima facie evidence of the offense under Section 3(1)(s) of the Act, as the alleged incident was only witnessed by one person (Shivaraj) rather than members of the general public, and the complaint appeared to be part of a continuing family property dispute rather than a genuine atrocity case. The court exercised discretionary power to grant bail despite Section 18's bar, finding the accusations devoid of merit. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 09-Apr-2026

    Orders

    M.G.S. Kamal

  4. 02-Apr-2026

    Admission

    M.G.S. Kamal

  5. 12-Mar-2026

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  6. 04-Mar-2026

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRL.A/454/2026

casestatus.in Summary

Summary: The Karnataka High Court allowed the criminal appeal and granted anticipatory bail to six accused persons charged under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The court found that the complaint lacked prima facie evidence of the offense under Section 3(1)(s) of the Act, as the alleged incident was only witnessed by one person (Shivaraj) rather than members of the general public, and the complaint appeared to be part of a continuing family property dispute rather than a genuine atrocity case. The court exercised discretionary power to grant bail despite Section 18's bar, finding the accusations devoid of merit. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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