E.K. Moidu, J.

62 accused persons were tried in Sessions Case No.36 of 1970, three accused persons in Sessions Case No.51 of 1970, and one accused person in Sessions Case No.8 of 1971 by the Sessions Judge, Kozhikode, in respect of offences they committed in the course of the same transaction at 3.30 a.m. on 22nd November 1968 at the Tellicherry police station of Cannanore District, and between 3-30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. on 24th November 1968 within the limits of Pulpally police station of Kozhikode District, in pursuance of a criminal conspiracy and as members of an unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapons such as guns, spears, choppers, daggers and explosive substances like country -made bombs and crackers, with the common object to attack the police stations at Tellicherry and Pulpally,

2. The reference to the number of the accused hereafter would be with reference to their numbers in the final charge before court by the police. Altogether there were 149 accused persons in the police charge.

3. The accused in all the three cases stood charged under S.120B of the Indian Penal Code. As against accused Nos. 1 and 62 the charge was under S.25 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885