KULJEET SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD the learned Counsel for the petitioner Sri Amarjeet Singh Rakhra, and learned additional chief standing counsel Sri Rakesh Bajpai.

(2.) THE petitioners licensee under the provisions of the U. P. Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1955 are running a cinema hall known as 'Vishal Picture Palace' in Utraula, district Balrampur. On 31st December, 2005 the police came to the aforesaid cinema hall after the evening show was over and arrested two of the employees of the cinema hall and also took away the reel/print of the movie which was running at that time in the cinema hall.

(3.) THE petitioners were found exhibiting pornographic film which was absolutely of prohibited degree film, a fact which is more detailed in Annexure -9, i.e., the order of compounding passed by the District Magistrate. There is no whisper that the petitioners did not indulge in exhibiting pornographic and obscene film, which was neither licensed nor cleared from the Censor Board, nor the licence did permit exhibition of such film.