JUDGMENT

ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.- Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in a writ petition filed before the Court questioning the legal sanction behind formation of "Peoples Council". The High Court noticed that some enterprising police officials thought of having a "Peoples Council" for making society a better place to live in, in an orderly manner. The objection to formation of such "Peoples Council" was essentially on the basis that some of the activities which it was supposed to undertake related to exercise of judicial powers, and as such are not sanctioned in law. The High Court referred to various aspects, the objectives for which the Peoples Councils were to be formed, and legal hurdles in their functioning.

3. Though the High Court found that some of the objectives were covered by normal police functions, the rest were unrelated to the functioning of the police and, in fact, came within the domain of various other departments of d the Government.

4. Particular reference was made to the scope of the Peoples Council in deciding whether a case for registering a case for commission of an offence is mad