1. IN this application under Article 226 of the Constitution the petitioner who at the time of the making of this application which was the 1st of September, 1977, working as the Deputy commissioner of Police, Detective Department, Lalbazar, Calcutta challenges an order dated 4th of August, 1977, granting sanction under section 197 of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the proceedings pending in the Court of the learned Additional Chief President cy Magistrate in Case No. C/783 of 1978. Behind this challenge there is a history and a certain amount of controversy. On the 11th of November, 1970, two brothers Ranjit Chakraborty and samir Chakraborty, sons of one Harshsa chakraborty died as a result of bullet injuries. To-day compensation and/or retribution, as one would like to view it, is being sought by the process of the sanction which is the subject matter of challenge as mentioned before. In or under, therefore, to appreciate the challenge it would be necessary to consider the facts leading up to the alleged incident of 11th of November, 1970, and the subsequent events thereafter. The petitioner is a senior Police Officer of the calcutta Police belonging to the Cad