(1.) This petition designated as one under Section 482, Criminal Procedure Code, but in essence one under Section 397, Criminal Procedure Code, raises legal questions of far-reaching importance. These are:-
(2.) The facts relevant to the aforesaid issue may be recounted with relative brevity:
(3.) Pursuant to the registration of the case the petitioners were arrested on March 3, 1982 and were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Faridkot (because the investigation was being carried on by the C. I. A. Staff, Faridkot), on March 4, 1982, when further police remand was sought.