KAILASH GAMBHIR, J.

1. By this order we propose to dispose of two separate bail applications filed by the appellants seeking suspension of their sentence pending disposal of the appeals preferred by them.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the case of the prosecution in brief is as under:-

“A complaint dated 15.04.2004 was lodged by Mr. B.M Lal with the police informing about the murder of his captain son Captain Rajan Aggarwal on the board ship MV Crimson Galaxy, the gist of which is that his son was a qualified Merchant Navy Captain with ovber 30 years of experience and on 05.04.2004, Captain M.P Bhasin, Incharge of Delhi Police of M/s Univan Ship management informed that his son Captain Rajan Aggarwal was missing from the ship since 4 p.m. from 04.04.2004 and initial inquiries revealed that a scuffle had taken place in the cabin as there was blood stain in the room that he requested the local office and the Hong Kong headquarter of company to carry out a thorough search of the vessel and the sea to locate his son and he learnt and that there was found on the ship deck clearly indicating cold blooded murder of his son on high seas. Mr. B.M Lal Palmase (Spain) which is the “Po