ORAL ORDER

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

4. Allegations against the accused persons in the present case is that first informant Swamygowda, who is a charge sheet witness in S.C. No.5033/2019 was allegedly threatened by the accused in the present case on 02.03.2022 when he came to the Court to give evidence. It is in this background, FIR was registered against accused Nos.1 and 2 for the aforesaid offences. The petitioner, who was arrested in the present case, is in custody from 29.06.2022 onwards. The maximum punishment for the charge sheeted offence is imprisonment for a period of seven years. The petitioner is in custody in the present case for the last more than three years. Under the circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merits or demerits of the case, solely on the ground of petitioner's incarceration, his prayer for grant of bail needs to be answered affirmatively.

(i) The petition is allowed.

(a) Petitioner shall execute personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- with two su