JUDGMENT :

S.K. Panigrahi, J.

1. The present petitioner, who is in custody, has filed the instant bail application under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. in connection with C.T. No.36 of 2020 arising out of G.R. Case No.476 of 2020 pending in the court of the learned Sessions Judge, Nabarangpur. The petitioner herein is the accused in connection with alleged commission of offence punishable under Section 302 of the I.P.C. Prior to the instant application, the petitioner also approached the learned Sessions Judge, Nabarangpur in C.T. No.36 of 2020 for grant of bail which was rejected on 19.04.2021.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts of the present case are that on 03.06.2020, the deceased got into an altercation with the petitioner when the deceased went to ask for his wages. The altercation led to a heated fight and due to the sudden provocation, the petitioner pushed the deceased and dealt fist blows to him. The deceased was then taken to his home, where he stayed for the next five days. After suddenly experiencing pain in his chest on 08.06.2020, he was rushed to the DHH, Nabarangpur, but he succumbed to death enroute. Following his death, the niece of the deceased filed the FIR at Ko