Initially, a criminal case came to be registered in Crime No.124/2016 on 16.10.2016 for the offences punishable u/s 302, 34 of IPC by Commercial Street Police over the murder of one Rudresh. The complaint was filed by one Jayaram, who is cited as a witness- C.W.1. It is stated in the first information that when C.W.1 along with his friends Rudresh, Harikrishna and Kumar assembled near Srinivas Medical Stores, Shivajinagar, one person (accused) being the pillion rider of the motorcycle hacked Rudresh with a sharp edged and lethal machete on the right side of his neck and fled. Rudresh was taken in an auto to Bowring & Ladycurzon Hospital, Bengaluru, wherein he was declared “brought dead”. Initially the case was registered in Crime No.124/2016 of Commercial Street Police against unknown persons for the offence punishable u/s 302, 34 of IPC. Four accused persons were arrested in connection with the crime. Subsequently, National Investigation Agency (for short ‘NIA’) registered first information in R.C. No.24/2016 including the petitioner-Asim Sharif, who is at Sl. No.5 in t