JUDGMENT :

VIVEK SINGH THAKUR, J.

1. These bail applications, filed by petitioners under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as Cr.P.C.) seeking anticipatory bail, apprehending their arrest, in Case FIR No. 78 of 2020, dated 22.6.2020, registered, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 307 and 341 of the Indian Penal Code, in Police Station Majra, District Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, adjudicated on the basis of common record and submissions, are being decided together by this common judgment.

2. Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. as existing on date, reads as under:

“438. Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest:-

(1) Where any person has reason to believe that he may be arrested on accusation of having committed a non-bailable offence, he may apply to the High Court or the Court of Session for a direction under this section that in the event of such arrest he shall be released on bail; and that Court may, after taking into consideration, inter-alia, the following factors, namely:-

(i) the nature and gravity of the accusation.

(ii) the antecedents of the applicant including the fact as to whether he has previously undergone imprisonment on conv