JUDGMENT

This Criminal Appeal has been filed seeking orders to set aside the order passed in Crl.M.P.No.477 of 2025, dated 31.10.2025, on the file of the II Additional District and Sessions Court (PCR), Tirunelveli, dismissing the petition for bail filed under Section 483 B.N.S.S.

2. The case of the prosecution is that there existed some dispute between the appellants / accused 1 and 3 community people and the third respondent / defacto complainant community people with regard to using of pathway and that on 20.10.2025 at about 04.30 p.m., when the third respondent was proceeding in a two wheeler along with the fourth respondent as a pillion rider, the appellants and the second accused waylaid them and abused them in filthy language by using their caste name and also attacked them and caused grievous injuries. On the basis of the complaint, a case in Crime No.302 of 2025 was registered by the second respondent police against the appellants and one Rahul, under Sections 126(2), 296(b) and 115(2) BNS and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The appellants are in judicial custody from 22.10.2025. The appellants filed a petition for bail i