ORDER : 1. Leave granted. 2. The appellants were the petitioners before the High Court of Judicature at Madras. The High Court, vide judgment and order dated July 25, 2019, granted the appellants' prayer for bail under Section 439, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973[Cr. PC] but with a condition. The appellants have been required by such condition to handover possession of a ground floor and half of a portion namely 400 sq. ft. constructed area and the entire second floor to the de facto complainant within a period of two weeks. This appeal, directed against the said order, is restricted to such condition only. 3. The impugned condition is numbered as 9 [b]. Undoubtedly, such a condition could not have been imposed by the High Court while granting bail. The High Court, while hearing an application under Section 439, Cr. PC is not supposed to pass a decree for restoration of possession. In several decisions of this Court, viz. Ramesh Kumar vs. State (NCT of Delhi), (2023) 7 SCC 461 , St. George Dsouza vs. State (NCT of Delhi), (2023) SCC OnLine SC 1940 and Dilip Singh vs. State of M.P. & Anr., (2021) 2 SCC 779 as well as the decisions referred to therein, the legal position has been made clear. 4. The offending condition for grant of bail, that is, condition no. 9 [b] is, accordingly, set aside. Interim protection, granted earlier, is made absolute. 5. Consequently, the appeal stands allowed. 6. This order shall, however, not preclude the private parties to approach the Mediation Centre attached to the High Court. We record that both sides are agreeable to explore the possibility of a mediated settlement. 7. In such view of the matter, the private parties may appear before the Mediator, Mediation Centre of the High Court on 30th April, 2025. 8. Should no settlement be arrived at before the Mediator, the de facto complainant shall be at liberty to pursue the channel of civil litigation seeking, inter alia, recovery of possession. 9. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.