JUDGMENT

VENKATARAMIAH, J.—These cases are just two in number. There may be many other cases of this nature which have not yet reached this Court but may be filed shortly. These are not ordinary criminal cases involving a few individuals coming from a small locality. These are extraordinary cases involving serious questions of great public importance touching the security of the nation as well as persona! liberty of a sizeable section of the community, many of whom way have been made to believe by a dominant section of society, may be wrongly, that what they were doing was light and for that reason may not have been free agents. Hence these cases have to be dealt with differently from the usual cases which come up before this Court.

2. First a word of caution. In the course of these proceedings every word uttered on either side of the Bar should be weighed before it is used. There is no room for heat and passion ; logic and reason alone should rule the debates. There should be an alround sympathy dealing with the complex issues which may arise for determination. In handling these cases the highest judicial talent and statesmanship are needed and hence these cases cannot just be reje