ORDER :- The petitioners, nine in number, were called upon by the Joint Magistrate of Negapattinam to show cause why they should not be directed to furnish security under S. 107, Cr. P.C. for keeping the peace for a period of six months.

2. In response to the notice issued to them, the petitioners appeared before the learned Magistrate and submitted that one of the instances which had been referred to in the preliminary order under S. 112, Cr. P.C. formed the subject- matter of P.R.C. No. 3 of 1955 on the file of the Sub-Magistrate of Negapattinam and prayed for an adjournment of the security case till the disposal of P.R.C. No. 3 of 1955. This request for an adjournment was refused.

Thereupon, the first petitioner filed an application under S. 526(8), Criminal P.C. intimating the learned Magistrate that he intended to move this Court for the transfer of the case from his file and asking for an adjournment on that ground. Accordingly the Joint Magistrate adjourned the case to 14-3-1955. Immediately thereafter the Sub-Inspector of Police presented a report to the learned Magistrate praying that, in the circumstances set out in it, interim security may be taken from the petiti