ORDER

S.S. Satheesachandran, J.— Petitioners are two among the accused (A3 and A6) in Crime No. 1404/2013 of Aluva East Police Station registered for offences punishable under Sections 13 and 14 of the Foreigners Act read with Section 3 of the Passport (Entry to India) Act, 1920. They have filed the above application seeking their enlargement on bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for short the Code.

2. Getting reliable information that some Srilankan citizens are staying without permission, in a lodge, namely, Ambili Tourist Home near private bus stand, Alwaye, a police party headed by Sub Inspector of police; Alwaye Police Station went over to that lodge. A group of Srilankan citizens including petitioners, ten in number, were found in that lodge without having valid passports or travel documents. Their interrogation disclosing that one Ramesh had brought them from Tamilnadu promising to send them to Australia all of them were arrested. Later on production before the Magistrate they were remanded to judicial custody. Petitioners applied for bail and it was turned down by the Magistrate vide Annexure A8 order. They have therefore approached this court seeki