Bias meant a predisposition to decide a cause or an issue in a particular way, which did not leave the mind open to persuasion. It was thus a condition of mind which swayed a judge or judicial person’s judgment and rendered him unable to exercise his functions impartially in a particular case. However, the requirement of the law on questions of bias was not to show that the court was biased, but that there was a real likelihood of bias. In the instant case, since the learned judge had bound the appellants over to keep the peace, without giving them a hearing, the impression on their minds would be that the judge’s mind was already made up and that they would be convicted of the charges of conduct conducive to a breach of the peace and threat of death. Accordingly, there was indeed, a real likelihood of bias. Accordingly in the circumstances of the case, the conviction and sentence of each appellant should be set aside and each of them discharged.