( 1 ) IT is odd that there is so little guidance in the cases as to the considerations which ought to weigh with a court when deciding what charges should be framed in a criminal case. May be, that is because the general run of cases poses no problem. Yet, there can be complexities as is borne out by this petition for revision, which has arisen in the following circumstances.

( 2 ) THE nine respondents are being jointly tried before the Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, in respect of an incident which occurred on 30th April 1980. The case against them appears sufficiently from the first information recorded by the police. Jai Narain, who is the petitioner here, was the informant. A free translation of what he said is as under :

i am a resident of village Deendarpur and cultivate land. A civil litigation was going on between my father, Ami Lal, and Fazal. Mohammed in respect of some land. The land was about 30 or 35 bighas in area. The case was decided in favour of my father on 29th April 1980.

IN front of the house of Raghunath and Kanwar Singh, there is some land belonging to the Gaon Sabha on which everyone throws their garbage. Today, when Sarvati, the wife of