(1.) These petitions raise an important point of law, viz., how the word trade used in section 21, clause (12) of the Indian Penal Code should be interpreted In a narrow sense or in .the wider sense as the Bombay High Court has done in Mulshankar v.Government of Bombay. I think it proper that it should be decided by a Bench.. Therefore, this case may be posted before a Bench.
(2.) In view of the great importance of the question raised in these cues, actin under rule 2 of the Appellate Side Rules, we refer the following questions of law for determination by a Full Bench: Crl. R. C. Nos. 326 to 329 of 1964. (Crl. R. P. Nos. 303 to 306 of 1964). D/ 20-7-1965 1. A. I. R. 1951 Bom. 233
(3.) The question that falls for determination by the Full Bench is: whether an employee of the Indian Airlines Corporation, which is a corporation established under the Air Corporations Act, 1953, is a 'public servant' within the meaning of the Twelfth clause of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. That clause and