Kerala Court March 1954 Judgments

R. Vasu Nair and ors. Vs. Travancore-cochIn State

Court: Kerala

Reported in: 1955CriLJ414

Kumara Pillai, J.1. This appeal arises out of Sessions Case No. 10' of 1951 on the file of the Quilon Sessions Court. On 31-12-1949 (corresponding to 16-5-1125 M.E.) at about 11 p.m. an organised body of persons attacked the Inspector of Police, Adoor, and a party of police constables who were camping with, him at Sooranad in Kunnathoor Taluk, while they were on patrol duty, and murdered the Inspector and three police constables and also caused hurt to-some of the other police constables in the party. For this incident a charge-sheet, Ex. BS, was laid on 30-6-1950 by the Inspector of Police, Adoor, before the Kunnathoor Taluk, Second Class Magistrate, against 26 persons for ofiences punishable Under Sections 140, 141, 396, 301, 324, 332, 428, HOB and 112, T. P. C. corresponding to sections 148, 149 396, 302, 324, 332, 427, 120B and 121, IPCThe charge Under Section 141, T. P. C. related to the liability of every member of the unlawful assembly for the offences committed in prosecution o...