Karnataka Court April 1952 Judgments

M. Hanumantha Reddy Vs. Government of Mysore

Court: Karnataka

Reported in: AIR1953Kant132; AIR1953Mys132

ORDERBalakrishnaiya, J.1. This petition was filed under Section 497, Cr. P. C. and another petition under Section 498 was filed on 4-4-52 in Court, supported by an affidavit and a Doctor's certificate. Both these petitions contain a prayer for enlarging the petitioner on bail. The Advocate-General stated that there was no objection to treat the earlier petition itself as having been filed under Section 498. 2. For an alleged attempt made on 24-3-1952 to commit murder by strangulation, the petitioner was arrested and a case against him was registered under Section 307, I. P. C. The applications for bail filed by him in the Court of the City Magistrate, Bangalore, before whom he was produced in the course of investigation, have been rejected. 3. The offence under Section 307, I. P. C. is a non-bailable one. The Criminal Procedure Code under Section 496 provides for granting bail in offences Other than non-bailable, and Section 497 regulates the admission to bail in non-bailable cases. Wh...