The petitioner, Sri Lingesh K S, a former MLA of Belur Assembly Constituency (2018–2023), was also Chairman of the Bagair Hukum Committee empowered to regularise unauthorised occupation of government lands under Section 94A of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964. After his tenure, a private complaint alleged that approximately 1,430 persons were granted about 2,759 acres of government land worth around ₹750 crores through fictitious and fabricated documents. The case was investigated by the CID, and the petitioner was taken into judicial custody; his bail application before the Sessions Court was rejected, leading him to approach the Karnataka High Court under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023. The petitioner's senior counsel argued that all documents were already seized, that statutory bail under Section 187 BNSS was imminent, and that the petitioner's age (68–70 years) and health warranted release; the State opposed bail citing risk of witness tampering and document interference given the petitioner's political influence. The judgment text provided ends before the court's final order on bail is pronounced.