JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal Case filed under Section 14 A(1) and 3 of SC/ST (PoA) Act, 2015, to set aside the order in Crl.M.P.No.2914 of 2021 dated 06.10.2021 passed by the learned District and Sessions Judge, Nagapattinam and consequently enlargement of the petitioners on bail in Crime No.561 of 2021 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Vedaranyam.)

1. The criminal appeal has been filed against the dismissal of the bail application by the learned District and Sessions Judge, Nagapattina, dated 06.10.2021 in Crl.M.P.No.2914 of 2021.

2. The case as per the defacto complainant Balakrishnan is that on 05.09.2021 at about 10.00 p.m. his brother Manoharan had gone out of his house after quarrelling with his wife and that at around 10.30 p.m., since there was rain, he had taken shelter near a shop situated near Madhakovil Hundiyal. At that time, the accused had come and questioned his brother who he was, since his brother was in inebriated condition, he was unable to understand what was spoken by him. At that time, one of the accused had punched his brother on his cheek and his brother has taken an iron rod from the nearby Welding Shop and that the accused had snatched the iron