P. S. MISHRA, C. J.

( 1 ) THIS reference seeking review of the judgment by a Bench of this Court in W. P. No. 13920 of 1997 has been placed before the Special Bench constituted for the purpose of examining whether the observations and directions therein to the A. P. State Legal Services Authority constituted under Section 6 of the central Act 39/87 are sustainable.

( 2 ) BY a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, one K. Rajesh babu has alleged that he and his father were arrested by the police on 27/28-6-1997 in the night and taken to the S. R. Nagar Police Station. His father was brutally beaten up by the police. They were shifted in a jeep to Chevella police Station and illegally confined till 30-6-1997. The Officer-in-charge, the sub-Inspector of Police, demanded Rs. 20,000/- and when the petitioner expressed his inability to do so, he (the Officer-in-charge) suggested to him to sell away his television set and other household articles and to arrange the said amount of money. Until the demand was met, his father would be kept in custody. He alleged in the affidavit that when he wanted to know why he and his father were taken into custody, no proper reasons wer

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