The instant criminal appeals arising from a common judgment relatingto the same incident, depict a rare, unfortunate and condemnable act of thepolice officials who contrary to the duty enjoined upon ... them to protect andmaintain law and order, indulged in the act of attacking in a pre-planned andcalculated manner Shri D.N. Barai, Ist Additional District and SessionsJudge, in his court room and Chambers on 18th November, 1997 atBhagalpur in the State of Bihar