ORDER

C. Shivappa, J. - The petitioners are seeking bail after having been unsuccessful before the Court of Session, Kodagu District. Petitioners and one Chikkamma, wife of the deceased Rangaswamy were arrayed as accused persons in S.C. 23/91 on the file of the Sessions Judge, Madikeri for offences under Sections 302, 301 r/w. Section 34 I.P.C. Chikkamma was enlarged on bail. The accused persons and the deceased Rangaswamy were all Class IV employees in the court of the C.J.M, Madikeri.

2. The case of the prosecution is that Accused No. 1 committed the murder of the deceased by inflicting injury of the head, petitioners 2 and 3 removed the dead body to a place called 'Raja Seat' with an intention to cause disappearance of the dead body. The motive for the murder being that the petitioners had illicit connection with the wife of the deceased, namely Chikkamma and that the deceased was resisting it. The scene of occurrence was in the court premises, the motive for murder was illicit connection with the wife of the deceased the death was due to injury on the head; that petitioners and Chikkamma made extra judicial confessions during investigation and C.Ws. 12 & 13 are material witness