apprehended on 13.05.2022 and since then he is in judicial custody. The incident had taken place on 08.04.2022 and on the very next day, the petitioner himself lodged the first information with the Police regarding the unnatural death of the deceased. The deceased is none other than the sister-in-law of the petitioner. As per the statement of C.W.1/Vekatesh, he has stated that he was having illicit relationship with the deceased. Similarly, C.W.3 was also having illicit relationship with her. A diary recovered from the house of the deceased reveals this fact. In spite of that, about 33 days after the incident, the petitioner was apprehended without any basis. Even though knife was recovered, the same was not said to be used in the commission of the offence. The DNA report is also not helpful to connect the petitioner to the offence in question. There is no explanation for the inordinate delay in recording the statements of the witnesses, who are the neighbors of the deceased, by the Investigating Officer. Since the investigation is already completed, detention of the petitioner in custody would amount to pre-trial punishment. The petitioner is the permanent resident of the address mentioned in the cause title to the petition and is ready and willing to abide by any of the
