All the three cases are dealt with together and a common order is passed, since the issues involved and the parties involved are the same in all the above three cases.

2. The Criminal Original Petition will be taken as the base case and the parties will be identified in accordance with their nomenclature in the Criminal Original Petition.

3. Brief facts of the case :

3.1. On 07.10.1987, 6 named persons and a few others, armed with deadly weapons took away the father and brother of the third respondent in a Van at about 12.00 Noon. In the said incident, it is alleged that the above said persons took away certain articles and also gold chain from the mother of the third respondent. On the same day, at about 5.00 pm, the third respondent went to the second respondent Police Station and complained about the incident and the same was reduced into writing and an FIR was registered in Crime No.593 of 1987 for the offences under Sections 397 and 364 of IPC.

3.2. The second respondent took up the investigation in the case and in the course of investigation, 7 more accused persons were added based on the confession given by the named accused and totally 13 persons were made as accused in