1. In this petition filed under Section 437 and 439 Cr.P.C, the petitioner/A.1 seeks regular bail in SC No.110 of 2016 pending on the file of IX Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chittoor arising out of Crime No.130 of 2015 of I Town PS, Chittoor, which was registered for the offences under Sec.147, 148, 302, 307, 326, 120-B, 109 r/w 149 IPC, Sec.212, 216, 201 IPC, Sec.25(1A), Sec.25(1AAA), Sec.25(1B)(a), Sec.25(1B)(c), Sec.27(3) and Sec.30 of the Arms Act, 1959.

2. It was a ghastly murder of “Mayor couple” occurred on 17.11.2015, wherein Smt. Katari Anuradha, the Mayor of Chittoor and her husband Katari Mohan were brutally killed in the Mayor’s chamber at Municipal Corporation Office by A.1 to A.5. The other accused were involved in the offence in one way or other. The police have charge sheeted altogether 23 Accused.

3. The charge sheet would disclose, the barbaric act was planned and perpetrated by the petitioner/A.1 who is the Brutus in this episode as he happened to be the own nephew of the Mayor Couple. Briefly stating, as per charge sheet there were political rivalries between two groups—one group headed by Ex-MLA, C.K.Babu belonging to Congress Party and other