Mohan @ P Mohan v. State by
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 5180 of 2025; decided 13 October 2025 by Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar. Regular bail under S.483 BNSS sought by sole accused Mohan @ P Mohan (son of the deceased) in Crime No.900/2024, K.R. Puram Police Station, for murder punishable under S.103 BNS Act 2023; alleged killing of father Subramani with knife and hammer on 29.10.2024 amid property-transfer dispute concerning Lavanya; circumstantial-evidence case with no eyewitnesses; FSL report showing 'O' group blood on hammer, knife and accused's clothes matching deceased's clothes; prima facie case found and threat to complainant/witnesses noted; bail refused; petition dismissed; prior rejection dated 25.03.2025 in Crl.Misc.No.25165/2025 by IV Addl. C.C. & SJ, Mayo Hall Unit (CCH-21); trial pending as C.C. No.51819/2025.
What did the court decide?
On the charge-sheet materials, including recovery of knife and hammer from the spot and of three clothes of the accused at his instance under mahazar, and the FSL report showing 'O' group blood stains on them matching the blood group on the deceased's clothes, there is a prima facie case against the petitioner-accused for the offence alleged.