In Brief
The Supreme Court quashed the High Court's order granting bail to two accused (Subrahmanya and Rajesh) in a murder case (Crime No. 157/2019, Dharwad). The Court found the High Court had failed to consider the offence's gravity and ignored that eye-witnesses had identified the accused in a Test Identification Parade. Since the Supreme Court had already cancelled bail for a co-accused on identical grounds, consistency required the same outcome here. The accused were ordered to surrender within two weeks or face arrest, and the trial court was directed to proceed uninfluenced by the High Court's now-vacated observations."
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