JUDGMENT

Jack, J. - The appellants have been ordered to give security for good behaviour on the ground that they habitually commit or abet the commission of offences involving a breach of the peace and are of so desperate and dangerous a character as to render their being at large without security hazardous to the community.

2. The appellants are said to have associated together in what is known as the Satyagraha movement which started at Patuakhali in the Backergunje District in 1926 in connexion with a dispute between the Hindus and Mahomedans because the latter objected to Hindu processions with music passing a certain mosque. The authorities intervened and, in order to prevent breaches of the peace, such processions were prohibited. The members of this movement defied the law and a number of them were sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Some of the younger and more active members came to be known as Satin Sen's volunteers as they were enthusiastic followers of Satin Sen. They were by common repute responsible for a number of cases in which Mahomedans were assaulted and also those who were opposed to the Satyagraha movement including Government officers some of whom had to have sp