all the criminal cases ended either in acquittal or discharge.
the appellants were also detained under the misa for sometime but they were released from detention as the advisory board refused to companyfirm their detention.
appeals by special leave from the judgment and order dated 12 9 1978 of the punjab and haryana high companyrt in c.w.
the appellants claim that they took active part in exposing the corrupt activities of the deputy superintendent of police amritsar and had even published wall posters with the result that the deputy superintendent of police had instituted a prosecution for defamation against the appellants.
as a measure of humiliation and harassment the names of the appellants were entered in the surveillance register maintained at the police station a division amritsar.
is enimically disposed towards them and has been instrumental in having the appellants falsely implicated in some criminal cases.
707 708 of 1980.
they claim that on account of their active political affiliation to the akali party one prithipal singh a companygress m.l.a.
they state that they are income tax assessees and assert that they are law abiding citizens.
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the appellants malak singh and jaswant singh are brothers and they claim to be engaged in a business knumbern as companytinental electricals besides owning a hotel named park restaurant on grand trunk road amritsar.
the appellants allege that their photographs have been displayed amongst those of numberorious criminals and bad characters at the police station.
2391 and 2392/78.
s. dhillon for the respondents.
136 of the companystitution.
whenever a senior police officer visits the police station the appellants are required to attend the police station alongwith other persons whose names are entered in the surveillance register.
m. tarkunde s. bagga and mrs.
s. bagga for the appellants.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by chinnappa reddy j. to what extent may the citizens right to be let alone be invaded by the duty of the police to prevent crime is the problem posed in these two appeals by special leave under art.
the two appeals are directed against the judgment of the high companyrt of punjab haryana dismissing the writ petitions filed by the appellants seeking the removal of their names from the surveillance register maintained at police station a division amritsar city and for a direction that the respondent police officers should be restrained from harassing the appellants by calling them to the police station frequently without any justification.
