JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Petition filed under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking a direction to enlarge the petitioners on bail in Crime No.581 of 2021 on the file of the respondent police.)

1. An incident was alleged to be taken place on 14.07.2021, that a mob attacked and ransacked the respondent-Madukkur Police Station and caused damage to the station and took away an accused, namely, Senthil, who was in the police custody. In this regard, a case was registered in Crime No.581 of 2021 for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 452, 294(b), 186, 224, 225, 285, 353, 506(ii), 149, 109 IPC and Section 3(1) of the Public Property (Prevention of Damage & Loss) Act, 1992, as against 30 accused and unknown others. Later names of 19 accused were included in the CD file, totalling 49 accused in Crime No.581 of 2021.

2. The petitioners before this Court are either arrested by the respondent Police or are apprehending arrest at the hands of the respondent Police in connection with Crime No. 581 of 2021. Hence, they are before this Court seeking appropriate relief.

3. Rajavarman @ Periyadurai [A4], Jawahar [A7], Muruganantham [A10], Velaventhan [A14], Nabil @ Naddarsha [A15], Prab