Complex sentence: He once snatched the pointed gun away from the hand of the dreaded police officer, Mariyarpoodam, who came to arrest him, and on another occasion he slapped at the face of the prince of Cambay for indecently advancing upon a dancing girl.
Split into simpler sentences: He once snatched the pointed gun away from the hand of the dreaded police officer, Mariyarpoodam, who came to arrest him. On another occasion he went ahead and slapped the face of the prince of Cambay for indecently advancing upon a dancing girl.