1. The petitioner/Maria Saranya has come up with this petition seeking to cancel the Anticipatory Bail dated 16.06.2016 granted to respondents 1 to 4 in Crl.O.P.No.10535 of 2016.

2. It is seen that prior to the filing of Crl.O.P.No.10535 of 2016 by the respondents 1 to 4, a petition in Crl.O.P.No.9596 of 2016 had been filed by respondents 1 to 3 herein in April 2016. Pending Crl.O.P.No.9596 of 2016, respondents 1 to 4 herein filed Crl.O.P.No.10535 of 2016 on 09.05.2016 seeking anticipatory bail. Thereafter, Crl.O.P.No.9596 of 2016 was referred for mediation and it was subsequently withdrawn in November 2016.

3. According to the petitioner/defacto complainant, there is suppression of facts with regard to the earlier anticipatory bail petition and that at no point of time, the counsel appearing for the accused-respondents has stated either before the Mediation Centre or before this Court when orders were passed in Crl.O.P.No.10535 of 2016 that Crl.O.P.No.9596 of 2016 filed by respondents 1 to 3 is pending. Furthermore, in Crl.O.P.No.10535 of 2016, respondents 1 to 4 have categorically averred that the said petition is the first anticipatory bail petition and no other petition se