HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
K. NATARAJAN, J
MANJUNATHA – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA – Respondent
Based on the provided legal document, the key points regarding the court's decision on bail in the murder case are as follows:
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.
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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.
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