The petitioner herein is the third accused in Crime No.1795/2015 of the Chavakkad Police Station, registered under Sections 120B and 115 of the Indian Penal Code. A criminal conspiracy to kill a political leader, by name Gopaprathapan, is the subject matter of this crime. The murder of one Haneefa, a political activist, created some public protest against the said Gopaprathapan, within his own political party. The said public protest developed to the extent of some activists within the same party hatching a conspiracy to do away with Gopaprathapan. It is alleged that the accused Nos.1 and 2 in this crime hatched such a conspiracy and they decided to have it carried out by engaging somebody on payment. The petitioner herein was accordingly contacted. When the petitioner consented, the accused Nos.1 and 2 confirmed the deal, and accordingly the petitioner accepted the task for an amount of 10 lakhs. An amount of 10,000/- was paid in advance to the petitioner by the accused Nos.1 and 2 in November 2015. The petitioner herein is a previous convict. He has more than two convictions to his credit in different cases including the one initiated by his own wife, and he was also a det