(1) THIS is an appeal under Section 19 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (hereinafter TADA).

(2) THE prosecution story, as emerging from the record is that a complaint was lodged by one Jugal Kishore Puran Lal Gupta-complainant, with Gomtipur Police Station on 10/7/1992 alleging that when he was returning after visiting his brothers Video Cassette Library located near Vivekananda Mills on a bicycle, near Arbuda Mills, he found one unknown person coming towards him. On reaching near the complainant, that person took out a knife and gave him a blow on his abdomen. Two or three more persons came out from a nearby Chawl and asked the assailant to drag the complainant into the Chawl. While being dragged towards the Chawl, he was given one more blow on the left side of his neck. The assailant also inflicted a knife blow on his back. The complainant, however, managed to free himself and started running towards the four cross-roads. He found one police jeep on patrol duty and the police took him to the hospital. A complaint was thereafter lodged and investigation taken in hand. The co-accused of the appellant was released on bail during the in