JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Appeals filed under Section 14(A)(1) of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Amendment Act 2015 to set aside the order dated 30.12.2021 passed in Crl.M.P.Nos.430, 431, 430, 390 and 418 of 2021 respectively on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court for Trial of Cases under SC/ST (POA) Act, Vellore and enlarge the appellants on bail in connection with Crime No.80/2021 in Spl.S.C.No.12 of 2021 on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court for Trial of Cases under SC/ST (POA) Act, Vellore.)

(These cases have been heard through video conferencing)

1. These Criminal appeals have been filed against the dismissal of the bail applications in Crl.M.P.Nos.430, 431, 390 and 481 of 2021 by order dated 30.12.2021 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court for Trial of Cases under SC/ST (POA) Act, Vellore.

2. The respondent has registered a case in Crime No.80/2021 on 08.04.2021 on the complaint of one Soundarraj for the offences under Sections 147, 148, 341, 323, 324, 506 (ii), 307, 302 IPC read with Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(1)(v) of SC/ST (PoA) Act, 1989. The averments as per the defacto complainant is that he is a resident