IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA CIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD DATED THI THE 2b DAY OF JLLY, 201 1 BEFO RE THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE B.V.PINTO CRIMINAL PETITION NO. iO849JQ1i BETWEEN: Smt. Siddamma S/a. Late iKrishnappa Bellarv Age: 38 years. Occ:Household R,/o. koppal. Tq. &. Dist. IKoppal PETITIONER (By Sri. Neelendra D. Gunde, Adv,) AND: The State of Karnataka Koppal Town Police Represented by the State Public Prosecutor High Court Building, Dharwad, (B\ Sri. Vinavak S. kulkarni. HCGP) This criminal petition is filed under Section 439 of CR.P.C seeking to enlarge the petitioner on bail in Crime No.134/2011 on the file of Koppal Town Police Station for the offences p/u/s 302 R/w 34 of IPC pending on the file of the Sessions Judge. koppal. This criminal petition coming on for orders this day, the Court made the following: - .0 -2- ORDER This petition is filed seeking bail in Crime No.134/201 1 of Koppal Town Police Station registered on 12.06.2011 on the basis of the complaint of one Chandrakanth. S/o. Krishnappa Bellary. 2. It is stated in the complaint that the deceased was having illicit intimacy • with one Huligamma Madiwalar and in this connection, he was proposing to take divorce from the petitioner. ft is further stated in the complaint that on the date of incident, when the deceased closed the shop, the petitioner along with accused Nos. I and 2 who are the sons of her sister had come near the shop and started quarreling with the deceased regarding the petition filed for divorce between the accused No.3/petitioner herein and the deceased. It is the case of the prosecution that, during the said quarrel, the deceased was assaulted by accused Nos. I and 2 by means of chopper. It is also alleged that this petitioner has also assaulted the deceased by snatching I -3- the chopper from the hands of accused No. I - Manjunath. 3. Without expressing any opinion regarding the merits of the case, in view of the fact that the petitioner is a woman and that the incident happened regarding the illicit intimacy of her husband with another woman, I am of the opinion that she may be granted liberty of bail. 4. Accordingly the petition is allowed with the following condition: - i) The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on her executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25.000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with one surety for the like sum to the satisfaction of the trial Court. Sd! gab