P&H: Grants Bail To Accused Not Named In FIR; Notes Subsequent Implication Based Only On Co-Accused Disclosure

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, S.14-A(2), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sa.302, 323, 325, 147, 148, 149, 506, 201 — Bail — Accused not named in FIR or initial version, implication rested only on disclosure of co-accused and on an improved supplementary statement — Deceased’s last disclosure/dying declaration did not name appellant and persons so named were found innocent during investigation — Investigation concluded, custody