1. Petition for bail.

2. Offence under Section 212 r/w 302 of IPC.

3. Mr. T.R. Ravi, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is accused of an alleged offence under Section 212 r/w 302 of I.P.C. It is out and out a bailable offence. However, he was denied bail. It is against law. He is languishing in jail since 17.2.2014.

4. The learned Government Advocate (crl. side) submits that petitioner is a co-accused. He is concerned in a murder case.

5. I have anxiously considered the rival submissions and referred to the relevant provisions of law.

6. On 19.4.2013, G.G. Ramesh, a person of fame and name in Vellore was brutally murdered by a gang. There are many accused. It is alleged that petitioner, namely, Sathya/A7 carried A3/Sasi @ Sasikumar, a killer in his bike and helped him to escape. It is alleged that he did this with a view to screen A3 from legal punishment.

7. In this connection, A7 has been booked for an offence under Section 212 r/w 302 IPC. He surrendered himself before the concerned Magistrate. He was remanded to judicial custody. On 26.2.2014, he moved bail before the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Vellore in Crl.M.P. No. 949 of 2014. It was dismissed.