of applicant. Cause of death is opined to be firearm injury. The author of the fatal injury is the husband of deceased. There are general allegation of demand of dowry on all the accused including the applicant and there was no earlier complaint in this regard during the married life of 12 years. There is no eye witness of the occurrence and even the children of deceased have not witnessed the occurrence. The applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He is languishing in jail since 14.06.2021, there is no likelihood of early disposal of trial and the applicant undertakes that if enlarged on bail, he will never misuse his liberty and will cooperate in the trial. 4. Learned A.G.A. appearing for State while opposing the bail, submits that accused persons including applicant have actively participated in the occurrence which includes demand of dowry and causing death of deceased by firearm injury. 5(A) Law on bail is well settled that 'Bail is rule and Jail is exception'. Bail should not be granted or rejected in a mechanical manner as it concerns liberty of a person. At the time of considering an application for bail, the Court must take into account certain factors such as existence of a prima facie case against the accused, gravity of the allegations, severity of punishment, position and status of the accused, likelihood of the accused fleeing from justice and repeating the offence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witnesses and obstructing the Courts as well as criminal antecedents of the accused. (B) It is also well settled that the Court while considering an application for bail must not go into deep merits of the matter such as question of credibility and reliability of prosecution witnesses which can only be tested during the trial. Even ground of parity is one of the above mentioned aspects which are essentially required to be considered. It is also well settled that the grant or refusal of bail is entirely within the discretion of the judge hearing the matter and though that discretion is unfettered, it must be exercised judiciously and in a humane manner, compassionately and not in whimsical manner. (C) The Court should record the reasons which have weighed with the count for the exercise of its discretionary power for an order granting or rejecting bail. Conditions for the grant of bail ought not to be so strict as to be incapable of compliance, thereby making the grant of bail illusory. 6. Considering the rival submissions, material available on record, the period of detention already undergone, the unlikelihood of early conclusion of trial, absence of any convincing material to indicate the possibility of tempering with the evidence, relevant factors mentioned above, particularly that the incident has occurred after 12 years of marriage; there was no earlier complaint against applicant as well as other accused persons regarding demand of dowry, there is no eye witness account to the alleged occurrence; according to prosecution story the author of the fatal firearm injury is the husband of deceased; also taking note of the argument that there are vague and general allegations of demand of dowry against all the accused persons; and that applicant is languishing in jail since 14.06.2021, this Court is
