ORDER

The petitioner is the second accused in Crime No.39 of 2024 on the file of the respondent Police, which has been registered for the offence u/s.302, 109 IPC. The prosecution case is that the defacto complainant is the wife of the deceased and the deceased is said to have some outstanding dues in the departmental store owned by the petitioner. On 15.03.2024, the deceased went to the Medicals owned by the petitioner to purchase some medicines. The sister of the first accused, Rahmath Jabin, refused to give medicines and asked the deceased to settle the outstanding dues. The first accused, who is the Manager of the petitioner, also demanded to settle the outstanding dues and there was a wordy quarrel between the deceased and the first accused. On this motive, on 16.03.2024, at the instigation of this petitioner, the first accused dashed the deceased with an Innova Car bearing Reg.No.TN-72-AR-0066 and flew away from the scene of occurrence. Out of the injuries, the deceased died in the spot. On the complaint lodged by the defacto complainant, the case has been registered.

2.Admittedly, the petitioner was not present in the scene of occurrence, however, he has been added as an accus