IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA CiRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 2 DAY OF FEBRUARY. 2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND BYRAREDDY CRIMiNAL PETITON No.10069/2011 BETWEEN: Sri Tippanna, Sb Kallappa Mangoore, Age 25 years, 0cc: Agriculture. Rio Morab, Tal: Raibag. Dist: Belgaurn. 2. Sri Jeevappa, Sb Bhairappa Miraje, Age 24 years, 0cc: Agriculture. Rio Morab, Tal: Raibag. Dist: Belgaum. 3. Sri Pintu S/o Prabhu Pandav, Age 27 years, 0cc: Milk Dairy. R/o Morab, Tal: Raibag. Dist: Belgaurn. Petitioners (By Shri Srinand Pachhapure,Advocate) AND: State of Kamataka, By Khade Bazar Police Station, Belgaum. Now rep. by HCGP. ... Respondent (By’ Sri Anand Kumar Navalgimath, GP) This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, praying to grant bail to the petitioners in Crime No.185/2010 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 489(A), (B), (C) read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, by the respondent-Khade Bazar Police, Belgaum. This petition coming on for Orders this day, the Court made the following: ORDER The learned Counsel for the petitioners remains absent. A request is made for a pass-over on his behalf. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, and since the accused in the same incident have been denied bail in other petitions, this petition is considered for disposal. 2. It is the case of the prosecution that on 7.12.20 10, at 9 p.m. the Police Sub-Inspector of Khade Bazar Police .5 Station, received a phone call from one Ishwar Rao of a Bata Company Shoe Store, situated at Nucleus Mall of Ramling Khind Galli, Belgaum, stating that there were some persons who were trying to pass off counterfeit currency notes as genuine and they were at that point of time in his Store, On receipt of the said information, the Police Sub-Inspector along with his staff rushed to the said shop and the shopkeeper pointed out the customers, who were still waiting to complete their transaction. They had been detained in the shop on the footing that the shopkeeper did not have change for the notes that had been tendered in purchasing footwear. 3. The complainant on verification of the currency notes, on the face of it, found that they were counterfeit notes since they did not have the security thread and it was found that the notes were fake. Hence, the complainant immediately took the accused into custody and it was found that there were 70 fake currency notes of Rs.l00/- denomination on the person of 4 petitioner No.1 and 5 fhke currency notes of Rs.lOOI denomination in the possession of petitioner No.2 along with genuine notes. These notes including the genuine currency notes were seized from the possession of the said petitioners under a panchanama and on the basis of information provided by the said petitioners, other accused were also taken into custody. Petitioner No.3 was said to be involved in printing the said counterfeit notes and it is on the basis of that information they raided other places and arrested others. 4. Having regard to the above circumstances of the case, which clearly implicate the petitioners of being involved in the racket of circulating fake currency, the trial Court has rejected their bail application. Accordingly, there is no case made out. The petition is rejected. Sd/a JUDGE Sub!