JUDGMENT

1. In this case it appears that in the District of Faridpur on opposite side of the river Kumar there are two Hats, one at Kabirajpur on the south bank, one at Gosaidia on the north bank. The Kabirajpur Hat belongs to the Maharaja of Cossimbazar and one Dhulu Mia and is within the jurisdiction of the Rojair Police Station. The Gosaidia Hat belongs to an influential Zamindar named Krishna Das Roy and is within the Madaripur Station. The distance between the two Hats is some 670 yards and both sit on the same days, namely, Mondays and Fridays.

2. The case for the prosecution then was that the officers of the Rajair Police Station entered into conspiracy with the men of Cossimbazar and Dhulu Mia to suppress the Gosaidia Hat and in pursuance of that conspiracy, these Police Officers, Chowkidars and others, the men of Cossimbazar and Dhulu Mia, some 50 to 60 in all, armed with guns, spears and Lathies, marched in a bony against Gosaidia. When they had proceeded some distance, they were met by two of Krishna Das Roy's caretakers named Ulfat and Meher, who sought to bar their progress. An altercation ensued and in the course of the altercation constable Abdul Rahim Mir fired, shoot