1. Since there is common factual matrix, common arguments have been heard and thus this common order is being rendered.

2. Petitioners are members of Puducherry Police.

3. Out of them petitioner Rajaram has now retired.

4. Petitioners seeks anticipatory bail. Their details are as under:-

S. No.	Crl. O.P. No.	Name	Rank	Post
1.	225/15	T. Sundar	A-18	Inspector of Police
2.	330/15	V. Yuvaraj	A-10	Inspector of Police
3.	384/15	A. Anusa Basha	A-12	S.I. of Police
4.	657/15	V. Rajaram	A-16	S.I. Police (Retd.)
5.	840/15	B. Kumaravel	A-11	Head Constable
6.	841/15	R. Balakrishnan	A-15	S.I. of Police
7.	1331/15	G. Sankar	A-13	Police Constable
8.	2387/15	Selvakumar	A-17	Spl. Grade Police Constable

5. Learned Senior Counsels and the learned counsels appearing for the petitioners have submitted that the petitioners have been implicated in this case. Petitioners are not named in the FIR. Long after the registration