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 Chhendipada P.S. Case No. 199 of 2020 corresponding to C.T. (S) Case No. 11 of 2021 which is now pending before the learned District and Sessions Judge, Angul. The petitioner herein is the accused in connection with alleged commission of offence punishable under Section 306 of the I.P.C. Prior to the instant application, the petitioner also approached the learned Sessions Judge, Angul, vide Bail Application No. 66 of 2021 which was rejected on 23.02.2021.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts of the present case are that one Artatrana Sahu lodged an FIR on 17.06.2020 at 5.00 P.M. before the Chhendipada P.S. stating that his daughter, namely Puspanjali (now deceased) had left her home on 14.06.2020 saying that she had to attend nature’s call at a nearby river. However, unfortunately, she did not return. The complainant searched for his daughter in the vicinity as well as relatives houses but could not find her. On 17.06.2020 at 12 noon, the body of the deceased was found hanging from a tree on the said river bank. Pursua