JUDGMENT

Shivashankar Amarannavar, J. - This petition is filed by the accused under Section 439 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Cr.P.C.', for brevity) seeking bail in Crime No.74/2019 of Chikkodi Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of The Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the 'IPC', for brevity) (now pending on the file of the learned VII Additional District and Sessions Judge, Belagavi).

2. The case of the prosecution is that one Yalagouda Mahadev Patil has lodged a complaint that his elder brother-Jyothigouda Patil-deceased has separated from them living with his wife and children separately and he was eking his livelihood by driving the tractor and he was addicted to alcohol and was drinking alcohol regularly. It is further alleged that on 14.06.2019 at about 7.00 am, the deceased had gone outside on his motorcycle and he did not come back even on that night. On 15.06.2019, Jyothigouda has called another brother namely Siddagouda and told that he has lost the key of motorcycle and the same has been parked at Government hospital, Chikodi. As such Siddagouda had been to Chikodi and he