JUDGMENT

JASWANT SINGH, J.:— This appeal by Special Leave which is directed against the Judgment and Order dated August, 25, 1976 of the High Court of Orissa in Criminal Revisions Nos. 344 and 365 of 1975 setting aside the order dated November 20, 1975 of the Sub- Divisional Magistrate, Balangir, directing issue of process against respondents 1 to 3, arises in the following circumstances:-

2. On Nov. 27, 1974 Parsuram Satpathy, brother of Hareram Satpathy, the appellant herein, who was a Journalist by profession and a staunch supporter of Bhartiya Lok Dal, sought the help and protection of the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station, Balangir, on the ground that he had learnt from B. Kramanda Bohidar, a member of the Congress Party, that there was a conspiracy to murder him. On the evening of November 29, 1974, the appellant made a report to the Officer-in-charge of the aforesaid Police Station, alleging therein that Premlal Suna, Parsanna Pal, Guna Ghasi, Jagyna Puruseth, Bighna Raj Misra, Jayanarayan Spirpathy, Bikram Bohidar and Tikaram Agarwala, members of Yuva Congress Party and political adversaries of his brother, Parsuram, had been openly declaring since the last 3 or 4 days