Overview
- Justice M Nagaprasanna granted an interim stay on all investigation in CRIME NO. 24/2026, with the next hearing set for February 13.
- The court called the matter a unique case alleging criminal trespass by an inanimate object after a drone was said to have entered private property.
- The research drone owned by New Space Research and Technologies reportedly suffered a battery malfunction during a January 29 test in Doddaballapura and landed in a neighboring residential area, after which police seized it the same evening.
- Police registered a suo motu FIR against unknown persons under BNS sections 125 and 329(3), citing endangerment and trespass.
- The company argued that DGCA oversees such R&D operations under the Drone Rules, 2021, and alleged officials were kept at a station for six hours without an FIR copy, prompting the court to order the inspector to file an affidavit.