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2. The case of the prosecution is that, one Rajitha Kumar has filed the complaint stating that the deceased H.Veeresh Gouda who is his brother and he has purchased a car for running it on hire basis. On 14.10.2020 at 10.30 a.m. as usual the deceased left home. On 15.10.2020 at about 6.00 a.m., when the complainant was in his house, at that time one M. Mareppa informed him about the murder of his brother. Thereafter, the complainant, his brother and elders of the village went to Devinagar Camp situated after crossing Welcome Board, found a car which was parked on the street, in which his brother found lying dead at leg spacing in front of the back seat of the car with bloodstains and also found injuries on his face and chest. He found one person in the Police custody who loved a girl at Siruguppa, with whom the deceased also had love affair, so there is animosity between them. In that regard the complainant and his family members were advised the deceased not to involve in the matter of the said girl. On enquiry with the P.S.I. about the incident they came to know that at 3.30 a.m., they were on highway patrolling duty, when they were returning from Siruguppa towards Ballari on highway, they came across a car parked on the side of the road facing towards Siruguppa near welcome board at Devinagar Camp, in which a person was found sitting and napping in the driver seat and noticed a dead body with bloodstains lying on the leg space of back seat of the car and they went to the spot and identified the said body as his brother. It is further stated that for the sake of love towards a girl of Siruguppa, on 14.10.2020 accused No.1 has taken the deceased H. Veeresh Gouda to unknown place and accused No.2 held the deceased and accused No.1 killed him by stabbing his neck with knife, kept the body in the car, parked the car by side of Siruguppa-Ballari National Highway, near Welcome Board at Devinagar Camp, Ballari. The said complaint came to be registered in Crime No.84/2020 of Takkalakote Police Station for the offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC. The Police after the investigation filed charge sheet against accused Nos.1 and 2 for the offences punishable under Section 302, 201, 34 of IPC. The petitioner/accused No.1 came to be arrested on 17.07.2020 and he is in judicial custody. The case is pending in S.C. No.9/2021. The petitioner has filed bail application in S.C. No.9/2021 and the same came to be rejected by learned II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ballari by order dated 01.07.2022. Therefore, the petitioner/accused No.1 is before this Court seeking bail.