C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, J.

The nine applicants, who are the accused in Sessions Case No.377 of 2010 on the file of the XI Additional District Judge, (Fast Track Court), Guntur at Tenali registered for the offences under Sections-147, 148 and 302 read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code on the file of Bhattiprolu Police Station, Guntur District, filed Criminal Appeal No.607 of 2011, which was admitted by this Court on 08.6.2011. At the time of filing of the appeal, the appellants have not filed application for grant of bail, obviously, knowing the convention/practise of this Court that in such appeals arising out of conviction for the offence under Section-302 IPC and sentencing of the accused for life, this Court seldom grants bails pending the appeals. However, interim applications for bail were filed by some of the appellants on special occasions such as performance of obsequies or marriage of their family members.

2. The present application is filed by all the appellants based on the judgment of the Supreme Court in Kashmira Singh v. State of Punjab (1977) 4 SCC 291, The appellants have pleaded that they have been undergoing imprisonment for the last 5 years, besides their bei