JUDGMENT :

Sandeep Sharma, J.

Bail petitioner namely Ajay Grover, who is behind the bars since 26.1.2022, has approached this court in the instant proceedings filed under Section 439 Cr.PC, for grant of regular bail, in case FIR No. 15/2022 dated 19.1.2022, registered at Police Station Sundernagar, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, under Sections 304, 308, 328, 420, 468, 471, 201, 109 and 120-B of IPC and Sections 39, 40 and 41 of the HP Excise Act.

2. Pursuant to order dated 21.11.2022, respondent-state has filed the status report. ASI Dev Raj, PS Sundernagar, has also come present with the records. Records perused and returned.

3. Close scrutiny of record/status report reveals that on 19.1.2022 at 2:30 pm, Police Station Balh, after having received telephonic information from the Ner Chawk hospital that few persons after having consumed spurious country made liquor have fallen ill, visited the Hospital at Ner Chowk and recorded the statement of complainant Sohan Singh i.e. brother of deceased Lal Singh under Section 154 CPC, who alleged that on 17.1.2022 at 7:00AM, his deceased brother had gone to Slappar driving tipper, but on 18.1.2022, it transpired that his brother has fallen ill