The Calcutta Weekly Notes. Monday May 8 1939

In other words can the sinatures of the Sub-Registrar and of the witnesses identifying the executant before him at the registration of the deed consttute sufficient attestation? [...] lord for the time being within the meaning of the Bihar Tenancy Act and therefore a settlement of land made by him bond fide in the interest of the estate in the ordinary course of management and not so as to prjudice the rights of the landlord is binding. [...] The important considerations which always arise in order to determine whether the action of the accused is covered by the right of private defence are (1) what is the nature of the apprehended danger and (2) whether there was time to have recourse to the police always remembering that when both the parties are determined to fight and to go up to the land fully armed in full epectation of an ar [...] 162 of the Criminal Procedure Code to be furnished with a copy of the statements of witnesses for the prosecution before the police the refusal to grant copies vitiated the trial. [...] 537 of the Criminal Procedure Code cannot be called in aid by the prosecution because uless the statements of the witnesses before the police have been furnished to the accused or have been seen by the Court itself it is impossible to say whether the accused has or has not been prejudiced.