In fact, except the decision of a learned Single Judge of this Court in C. Murugan and Ors. v. State of Kerala and Ors. reported in 1982 (2) 1LR 74, none of the decisions of this Court or that of the Supreme Court of India cited before us categorically and specifically dealt with that question, although in some of those decisions, there may be some indications as to how the issue could be tackled.