1. Lal Chand Sabharwal (plaintiff-respondent) filed a suit for the recovery of Rs. 50,000.00 on account of damages on the following counts :-

1. Rs. 10,000.00 for loss of professional practice and actual medical expenses.

2. Rs. 30,000.00 on account of permanent disability of left arm, including weakness to the left shoulder, elbow, hand, eye-sight and all mental and physical sufferings therefrom, and

3. Rs. 10,000.00 on account to illegal arrest, wrongful confinement, insulting and inhuman treatment and harassment caused to him during the course of his wrongful confinement.

2. The facts pleaded were that the plaintiff was the Vice-President of Bhartiya Jan Sang, Punjab State, which started Save Hindi agitation in the State of Punjab in May, 1957, in collaboration with some other organisations. The plaintiff offered himself for this peaceful mission and reached Chandigarh Railway Station by train at about 4 A. M. on July 15, 1957, accompanied by a batch of 250 volunteers. On arrival, he and the members of his party were put under arrest and taken to different police stations under the escort of police force under the orders of Shri A. K. Kaul, Assistant Inspector General of