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CASE NO.:

Appeal (crl.) 689 of 2001

Special Leave Petition (crl.) 1522 of 2000

PETITIONER:

T.T.ANTONY

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

STATE OF KERALA & ORS.

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/07/2001

BENCH:

S.S.M.Quadri, S.N.Phukan

JUDGMENT:

J U D G M E N T

SYED SHAH MOHAMMED QUADRI, J.

Leave is granted in all the special leave petitions.

These four appeals arise out of the common judgment of a

Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam in WA Nos.

2708/1999, 2709/1999, 2710/1999, 8/2000, 52/2000 and 200/2000

dated February 29, 2000. Criminal Appeal NO. of 2001 (arising

out of SLP(Crl.) No.1522/2000) is filed by T.T. Antony, Deputy

Collector and Executive Magistrate, Kannur; Civil Appeal No. of

2001 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 8840/2000) is filed by fourteen

police constables; and Criminal Appeal Nos. of 2001

(Arising out of SLP(Crl.) Nos. 2724-25/2000 are filed by the State of

Kerala. These appeals relate to the same incident and raise common

questions of facts and law so they are being dealt with together.

The relevant facts, giving rise to these appeals, which have a