JUDGMENT

N.P. Singh, J.-Leave granted.

2. These appeals have been filed against the orders passed by the Designated Court, Bombay, rejecting the prayer for bail made on behalf of the appellants, who are accused under different sections of the Penal Code including Section 302 read with 149 and under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2)(i) of Section 3 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as TADA ).

3. After the incident relating to the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya on 6.12.1992, communal riots flared up in the city of Bombay and its suburbs. On the night of 7.1.1993, around 11.30 P.M., according to the complainant, some unknown miscreants knocked the door of her house. The husband of the complainant sent her and the two children aged about 11 years and 9 years to a nearby house for shelter. In that very house other families had also taken shelter. It is said that around 12.30 in the night, the appellants along with others assembled in front of the said house and poured kerosene oil and set the house on fire. They also threatened and prevented persons from coming to the rescue of the victims by threatening them at the point of deadly weapo