ORDER :

The petitioner, who is arraigned as accused No.21 in the additional charge-sheet filed in connection with a case registered in Crime No.72/2020 of Gokak Town Police Station has preferred this petition under Section 439 of Cr.P.C., praying to enlarge him on bail.

2. The petitioner had preferred a petition under Section 439 of Cr.P.C., before the learned Principal Sessions Judge [KCOCA Spl. Judge], Belagavi, in Special Case No.202/2020 and the said petition was rejected vide Order dated 12.07.2021.

3. I have heard the learned senior counsel appearing for petitioner, the learned High Court Government Pleader for respondent/State and the learned counsel for respondent No.2.

The learned High Court Government Pleader has filed statement of objections.

4. Brief facts of the case are that, deceased Siddappa Arjun Kanamaddi was the State President of Youth Wing of Dalit Sangarsha Samiti. The accused persons are from Marata community. Earlier, a case was registered against the accused persons in connection with murder of one Rohit Patil. In view of previous enmity, on 06.05.2020 at about 8.00 p.m., accused Nos.1 and 2, who came on a motorcycle and other accused in a rickshaw, confronted t