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2023 Supreme(Online)(KAR) 20636

HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
K. NATARAJAN, J
MANJUNATHA – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA – Respondent


Judgement Key Points

Based on the provided legal document, the key points regarding the court's decision on bail in the murder case are as follows:

  1. The court emphasized that circumstantial evidence can be sufficient to establish guilt in a murder case [judgement_subject].
  2. The petitioners, accused of murder, were not granted bail due to strong circumstantial evidence against them, including their motive, presence with the deceased prior to death, and recovery of bloodstained clothes and incriminating materials [judgement_subject].
  3. The case involved allegations that the petitioners attacked the deceased by dashing his head against a cement platform and assaulting him with a stone, with circumstantial evidence supporting these claims [fact_of_the_case].
  4. The prosecution's case included statements from witnesses who last saw the deceased with the petitioners and evidence of recovered bloodstained clothes and other incriminating items [fact_of_the_case].
  5. The court found that there was a significant possibility of the petitioners committing similar offences or threatening and tampering with witnesses if released on bail, which contributed to the denial of bail [finding_of_the_court].
  6. The court held that the strong circumstantial evidence, including the motive linked to the deceased staring at the wife of accused No.1 and prior attacks, justified the rejection of the bail petition [ratio_decidendi].
  7. The court dismissed the bail petitions of the accused, citing the risk of further offences and witness tampering [final_decision].

These points reflect the court’s reasoning that the strength of circumstantial evidence and the potential threat to the investigation justified denying bail in this murder case.


This petition is filed by the petitioners/accused

Nos.1 and 2 under Section 439 of Cr.P.C., for granting

bail in Crime No. 274/2022 registered by Chitradurga

Rural Police Station, charge sheeted for the offences

punishable under Sections 302, 201, 109, 120(B) r/w

Section 34 of Indian Penal Code pending on the file of I

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Addl. Civil Judge (Jr.Dn.) and JMFC, Court Chitradurga

District, Chitradurga in C.C. No.2688/2022.

Heard the arguments of learned counsel for

the petitioners and the learned High Court Government

Pleader for the respondent-State.

3.

The case of the prosecution is that the

complaint filed by Smt. Chinnamma, the mother of the

deceased Swamy alleging that on 14.06.2022 her son

Swamy was found missing in the house and later she

came to know through her relative that a dead body

was found on 14.06.2022, she went along with her

relatives and identified the dead body as her son.

Subsequently, she stated that the accused Nos.1,3,4

and 5 have attacked her son a month prior to the

incident, on the ground that her son Swamy used to be

staring at the wife of accused No.1 and on that ground

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she suspected that accused persons have committed

the murder.

4. After registering

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