MADANLAL CHAMARIA Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This Rule was obtained by the Petitioner for the quashing of proceedings in which he has been prosecuted under Section 20(2) of the West Bengal Premises Requisition and Control (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1947.

(2.) The prosecution case is that, on August 3, 1948, premises No. 1, Muktaram Babu Street, Calcutta, of which the Petitioner along with his two brothers are the owners, were requisitioned under Section 3 of the West Bengal Premises Requisition and Control (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1947. By the requisitioning order, the Governor was--

(3.) On the same date, the First Land Acquisition Collector, Calcutta, passed an order forwarding copy of the requisitioning order to the present Petitioner and in the further following terms: