The Criminal Law Journal 1918 (Reports)

The Chairman of the Municipality fowarded the application. to a Magistrate who seized the ghee under section 250 of the Bengal Municipal Aot: Held (1) that the petitioner who was a mere bailee having parted with possession of the ghee with the consent of the owner could not claim it back ; (2) that the action of the Magistrate was ultra wires inasmuch as the ghee had not been offered for s [...] i On the report of a Junior Sub-Inspector of Police elow the rank of an olificer-in-charge of a Police ation a Magistrate took cognizance of a ease under otion 46 of the Bengal Excise Act and convicted offender : Held 11) that the Magistrate's proceedings were id under clause (pi of section 530 Criminal Prdure Code inasmuch as he was debarred by lion 83 a) of the Bengal Excise Act from [...] For the purposes of section 204 of the Bengal Municipal Act the term "house " as interpreted section 6 clause 4 of the Act is not confined merely to the four walls and the roof within which a man dwells or carries on business but it may well include the land or premises which are enjoyed or held witu the building. [...] Where on the west of a road the petitioner had a house to the north of which there was a piece or patit land adjoining which was acquired after the land on which the house stood had been acquired and the two plots were separated by a wall and privy and on the patit land was stacked a heap of khapra or broken pottery which extended from the land on to the road : Held that in the absence of a de [...] The applicant was then prosecuted on a complaint made by the Secretary duly authorised by a resolution of the Committee and was convicted of two offences one in respect of the steps and the other in respect of the balcony under rule 10 read with rule 30 of the rules framed under section 116 of the Berar Municipal Law and fined Rs.