In a bail application under Section 302 IPC, the High Court held that since the investigation was not complete and the petitioner's role was still under scrutiny, granting bail was inappropriate.
Bail application was dismissed; no release granted.
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HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO
Crl.P.No.8986 of 2022
ORDER:
The petitioner is accused No.4 in Crime No.159 of 2022 of I Town Police Station, Kakinada District for the offences punishable under Sections 120B, 302, 201, 109 read with Section 34 IPC. He was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 16.09.2022 and has remained in judicial custody since then. The present application has been filed for grant of bail.
are:
A.1 had developed close intimacy with A.2 and A.3 separately. On the advice of A.3, A.1 is said to have decided to kill her husband. For this purpose, A.1 started administering three or four sleeping pills to the deceased husband every night by mixing them in the meals or tiffin consumed by the deceased husband. These sleeping pills were supplied by A.3. Later A.2 is said to have asked A.1 to increase the number of sleeping pills that she was mixing in the meals of the deceased. About one week prior to the demise of the deceased husband, A.3 is said to have supplied a chloroform bottle to A.1. On 22.06.2022, A.1 and A.2 together applied chloroform to the deceased husband and thereby killed the deceased husband. A.3 is said to have, then, come to the house of A.1 and disposed
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of the Namaz cap and chloroform bottle which were used to apply chloroform to the deceased husband.
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would also assure the Court that the petitioner would cooperate with the investigation, if any further investigation is left.
As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed.
22nd December, 2022 Js.
_________________________ R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO, J.
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HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO
Crl.P.No.8986 of 2022
22nd December, 2022
Js.
1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner given that the investigation is incomplete and the case involves murder.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
V.V.N. Narasimham
Third Accused Person
R. Raghunandan Rao
As recorded by the court registry
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