1. A boy teased a girl, the elders on both sides fell out; days later, a violent confrontation occurred and a macabre scene in which four human beings lost their lives was the tragic finale. The police registered cases, took the accused into custody, collected evidence and are about to lay their charge-sheet into Court. Out of the total lives lost, only one died from the accuseds' group and three were from the opposite side. The petitioners before me are the five accused who failed to get bail before the Sessions Court and seek to be enlarged on bail by the High Court.

2. The facts relevant to the present proceedings may now be briefly stated. A general conspectus with an eye on the broad circumstances, and not a meticulous study of the evidence with a view to determine the guilt, concerns the Court at the stage of deciding whether pre-trial detention should be enforced on persons accused of offences. Therefore, I am not going into the details of the materials collected at the present stage although I have posted myself with the materials gathered during investigation as disclosed in the case diary and stated at the bar. Nor do I propose to dwell at length on the merits