The Judgment of V. R. Krishna Iyer, section Murtaza Fazal Ali, and D. A. Desai, JJ. was delivered by Krishna Iyer, J. and concurring opinion of R. section Pathak and A. D. Koshal, JJ. was delivered by Pathak, J. KRISHNA IYER, J. Is it constitutionally valid or desirable on principle to permit a private citizen, who has but loose nexus with the victim of a crime, to invoke the special power under article 136 of the Constitution for leave to appeal against an acquittal of the alleged criminal thereby putting in peril his life or liberty in the absence of any legislative provision arming such officious outsider with the right to appeal? This issue, profound on its face but unsound on reflection, falls for decision in this writ petition under article 32 of the Constitution.