( 1 ) THIS revision is directed against the order dated 19th December, 1981 of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jabalpur, by which he dismissed the applicants application for bail.

( 2 ) THIS revision first came up for hearing before a learned Single Judges (Seth, J.) who by his order dated 11th February, 1982 referred it to a Division Bench.

( 3 ) THE facts briefly stated arc that the applicants Umashanker, Ramchandra and Raju alias Rajendra were arrested by the police of Lordganj Police Station, Jabalpur, on 18th September, 1981 for offences under sections 364, 365 and 302 of the Penal Code which were registered against them in the said Police Station. They were produced from time to time before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jabalpur, and were remanded to December 1981 which was to expire on 22 December 1981. An application for bail under proviso (a) to section 167 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, was made on behalf of the applications by their counsel on 19th December, 1981 at 11. 00 a. m. It was stated in the application that the applicants were in continuous custody for more than 90 days. It was also stated that no charge-sheet till then