1. This revision was sought to be admitted to challenge the order passed by the learned Additional District Judge cum Chief-Judicial-Magistrate, Nagapattinam in C.M.P. No. 80 of 1996 in S.C. No. 64 of 1994 dated 7th August, 1996. dismissing a petition filed on behalf of the revision petitioners who are accused Nos.7,8 and 9 for their discharge under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

2. It was alleged that at about 9.00 P.M. on 25. 1988 on the corner of Sivan Temple in Koothanallur Police Jurisdiction, with the common object of forming an unlawful assembly with deadly weapons with an intention to do away with the deceased by name Pakkirisamy, the three revision petitioners who are accused 7,8 and 9 along with seven other accused attacked the said person with deadly weapons like Aruval, firewood and thereby caused multiple injuries to the deceased, whereby he was admitted into the Government Hospital where he succumbed to the injuries on the third day. The law was set in motion and consequently investigation was over and final reports against the ten accused including the revision petitioners were filed before the court and accordingly committed to the court