PRAMOD Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA
LAWS(KAR)-2022-7-722
HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
Decided on July 05,2022

PRAMOD Appellant
VERSUS
STATE OF KARNATAKA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

- (1.)The petitioner being sole accused in the charge sheet is before this Court seeking grant of bail under Sec. 439 of Cr.P.C. in Crime No.267/2021 of Kalaburagi City Women Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Ss. 376(2)(n), 448, 504, 506 read with sec. 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ' IPC '), on the basis of the first information lodged by the informant-Mahananda.
(2.)Brief facts of the case are that the victim lodged the first information against accused Nos.1 to 4 alleging commission of offence punishable under Ss. 376(2)(n), 448, 504, 506 read with sec. 34 of IPC. It is alleged that accused developed intimacy with the victim and promised to marry her. On 20/11/2019, he visited the house of the victim at 1.00 p.m, noticing nobody else in the house. By promising to marry her, he committed sexual assault against her will. He gave life threat and criminally intimidated her. Even thereafter whenever she was alone in the house, he used to visit the house and committed sexual assault and when victim insisted to marry her, accused started avoiding her.
(3.)On 29/11/2021, accused No.1 along with other accused who are his family members came to the house of the informant and picked up quarrel with the informant and her parents and also criminally intimidated to take away their life if she continues to insist him to marry and therefore, she requested the Women police to register a case and to initiate legal action against the accused. Accordingly, the police have registered the case in Crime No.267/2021 for the above said offences. It is stated that after investigation charge sheet came to be filed against the petitioner. The petitioner being the sole accused is before this Court seeking grant of bail.


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