ORDER :

The petitioners in these cases are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 5 in Crime No.6/2022 of Crime Branch Police Station, Ernakulam (hereinafter referred to as Crime No.6/2022) alleging commission of offences under Sections 116, 118, 120-B and 506 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 34 of that Code. Petitioners in Bail Application No. 248 of 2022 namely, Gopalakrishnan @ Dileep is A1, P. Sivakumar @ Anoop is A2, and T.N. Suraj is A3. The petitioner in Bail Application No. 300 of 2022 namely Krishnaprasad R. is Accused No.4, though he is referred to in the F.I.R as ‘Appu’. The Petitioner in Bail Application No. 288 of 2022 namely Byju B.R. (Baiju Chengamanadu) is the 5th accused. There is one other accused who is yet to be identified. After filing of these bail applications a report has been filed before the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, by the Investigating Officer in the aforesaid crime stating that the offence under Section 120B (1) of the Code has been changed to 120B (1) of Section 302 of the IPC. The parties are hereinafter referred to by their rank in the list of accused persons unless indicated otherwise. The Annexures referred to in this order are referred to i