P.S. Dinesh Kumar, J.

1. These two petitions have been presented by accused No. 1 and 3 in S.C. No. 86/2014 on the file of III Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Ramanagara, challenging order dated 06.09.2018, rejecting their applications filed under Section 317 Cr.P.C. and issuing Non-Bailable Warrants against them.

2. Heard Shri C.V. Nagesh, learned Senior Advocate for accused No. 1, Shri Ravi B.Naik, learned Senior Advocate for accused No. 3 and Shri Sandesh J. Chouta, learned Additional Advocate General for the State.

3. Briefly stated the facts of the case are, accused No. 1 filed an application under Section 317 of Cr.P.C. on 06.09.2018 with a prayer to exempt his personal appearance for the day inter alia on the ground that, he was observing Chathurmasa, a spiritual practice to be observed by all Sanyasis; that he was doing Chathurmasa Parikrama on the bank of Narmada river, where he had to perform religious rituals in certain temples; that he had fallen ill at Varanasi and after he recovered from illness, he continued his Parikrama and that he could not wind-up the