ORDER

1.This application is filed by the applicants under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the FIR, being Crime No.413 of 2018, registered with Ollur Police Station, for offence punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 341, 323, 324 and 308 r/w Sec. 149 of the IPC. They have been arrayed as the accused No.1 to 7 in the said crime.

2.On 5.4.2018 at about 7.45 p.m., the accused are alleged to have wrongfully restrained the de facto complainant and others and attacked them with weapons causing injuries.

3.The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicants submitted that the allegations levelled against them are false and frivolous. Though it is alleged that accused Nos.1 & 2 were armed with weapons, no serious injuries were sustained.

4.The learned public prosecutor has very emphatically opposed the submissions. He has made available the case diary.

Having gone through the case diary, it does not appear to me that any serious injuries were sustained by the victim. The injuries sustained are only minor abrasions. It is not reported that the applicants are persons with criminal antecedents.

5.After considering the nature