Judgment

CHINNAPPA REDDY, J.:- To what extent may the citizens right to be let alone be invaded by the duty of the police to prevent crime is the problem posed in these two appeals by special leave under Art. 136 of the Constitution. The two appeals are directed against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana dismissing the Writ Petitions filed by the appellants seeking the removal of their names from the surveillance register maintained at Police Station A Division, Amritsar City and for a direction that the respondent Police Officers should be restRamed from harassing the appellants by calling them to the Police Station frequently without any justification. The appellants Malak Singh and Jaswant Singh are brothers and they claim to be engaged in a business known as Continental Electricals, besides owning a hotel named Park Restaurant on Grand Trunk Road, Amritsar. They state that they are income-tax, assessees and assert that they are law abiding citizens. They claim that on account of their active political affiliation to the Akali party, one Prithipal Singh a Congress M.L.A. is inimically disposed towards them and has been instrumental in having the appellant falsely