JUDGMENT :

1. Since these four bail applications arise out of one and same case record, the same are heard together and disposed of by this common order with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties.

3. In the course of hearing, Mr. Basanta Kumar Das, learned counsel appearing for all the petitioners submits that out of 52 accused persons, 35 co-accused have faced the trial, but only one was found convicted and that too, the said convict was admitted to bail by this Court, which was confirmed in Apex Court. It is further submitted that another co-accused Basanta Kumar Sahoo, who has been granted bail by this Court, but the order granting bail of such co- accused has been unsuccessfully challenged by the informant before the Apex Court. It is further submitted by Mr. Das that the accused persons have faced the trial and remained in custody for more than two years and in the meantime, the vital witness namely Alok Kumar Nayak having already be