The first petitioner is the Coimbatore Bar Association. The second petitioner is a practising Advocate and a member of the first petitioner Association. The petitioners have moved this writ petition seeking for a mandamus directing the State of Tamil Nadu to pay compensation of Rs.10 lakhs to the second petitioner for the insult and assault and for the violation of human rights committed by respondents 5 to 7 along with other police officials and to take appropriate action against the erring officials.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are as follows:-

On 112. 2006 at about 9.20 p.m. the second petitioner had entered the town bus stand to board a bus to reach his home. He and Miss Sathyabama, the fifth respondent (Police Constable) dashed against each other. This resulted in a wordy altercation. According to the second petitioner, he was abused and beaten up by the fifth respondent and about four constables who had gathered there, pushed him down and kicked several times and dragged him to the nearby All Women Police Station (AWPS) and to B.3 Police Station few feet away and beaten up again, even after he had revealed his identity as an Advocate. The police also