AMARENDRA NATH GHOSE Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This Rule was directed on the Deputy Commissioner of Darjeeling to show because why proceedings pending against the Petitioner in the court of a Magistrate at Siliguri should not be quashed.

(2.) The proceedings were under Sections 6 and 7 of the West Bengal Cement Control Act. After some witnesses were examined a charge has been framed against the Petitioner that he by contravention of an order contained in notification No. 1033D.C.S. of August 18, 1948, committed an offence under Sections 6 and 7 of the Cement Control Act, 1948. Section 6 of the West Bengal Cement Control Act is in these words:

(3.) The important question here is whether any order has been made in respect of the district of Darjeeling within which the offence is said to have been committed.