Somasundaram, J.- Petitioners 1 to 3 in Crl. M.P. No. 87 of 1956 (Accused 5 to 7 in C.C. No. 96 of 1956) on the file of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Koilpatti, are the petitioners herein. The fifth accused is a Sub-Inspector of Police and accused 6 and 7 are police constables. The complainant belongs to the village of Athikinar hamlet of Shanmugapuram in the Tirunelveli District. After the Estate Abolition Act, there was trouble between the ryots in the village of Athikinar and the proprietor the Zamindar of Ettiyapuram. Orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure were passed against the complainant and the other residents of the village of Athikinar restraining them from interfering with the cultivation of certain lands belonging to the Zamindar. That there was a dispute between the ryots and the inhabitants of the above village and the Zamindar who is impleaded as the first accused in the above case is clear from the allegations contained in the complaint filed by the complainant. The matter was taken to the Civil Court also and the complainant and the other men were restrained by an injunction from interfering with the possession of the lands belonging to the Za

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