( 1 ) THE present petition has its genesis in the letter dated 23. 7. 1997 addressed to the Hon ble the Chief Justice by the petitioner stating that the petitioner was a widow whose sons had left the house under an apprehension of beating by police pursuant to a complaint and the local police sub inspector had visited her house in search of her sons on 30. 7. 1997 (sic ). At that time, at around 02. 00 a. m. , police had taken away her younger daughter and, at around 04. 00 a. m. , she herself was taken to the police station to take her daughter back. When she asked her daughter about what had happened to her, she was told by her daughter that she was no longer fit to show her face to any one, that the officers had raped her and, after saying that, the daughter, aged 13, had poured kerosene and burnt herself. On that brief complaint, she urged that the dead body of her daughter may be disinterred and, after performing post mortem by a team of doctors, culprits may be punished.

1. That letter appears to have been forwarded by the office to the High Court Legal Aid Board and upon an advocate being appointed to assist, regular petition invoking Articles 14, 19, 21 and 226 of the Const

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