( 1 ) THIS is a rule calling upon the Chief Presidency Magistrate to show cause why the records of a certain case should not be transferred to this Court under the provisions of Article 228 of the Constitution to enable this Court to decide the constitutional point involved in the case. We have heard the parties at length and we have come to the conclusion that this is not a case in which we should call for the records because it is clear that the view taken by the Chief Presidency Magistrate that the proceedings should continue is well founded.

( 2 ) THE petitioners, who are the parties accused in the proceedings, have been described by the complainant as members of the editorial board of a newspaper published in Bengali in the city of Calcutta known as "loka Sevak". Accused No. 1 Dr. Suresh Chandra Banerji, M. L. A. is said to be a member of the editorial board of the newspaper, whereas accused Nos. 2, 3 and 4 are respectively chairman of the board of editors, editor and publisher of the said newspaper. They are said also to be members of a recently formed political party in this State known as the Kriahak Praja Mardoor Party and the suggestion of the complainant