Allahabad Court June 1911 Judgments

Emperor Vs. Murli Singh

Court: Allahabad

Reported in: 13Ind.Cas.922

Piggott, J.1. This is an application in revision against an order of the District Magistrate of Bareilly, which had the effect of confirming an order passed by a Subordinate Magistrate, whereby the applicant was bound over under Section 107 of the Criminal Procedure Code to keep the peace for one year. The facts found are simple. Some months previous to the institution of the present proceeding, certain Muhammadan residents of the Kathgarh mohalla of Bareilly City took exception to the performance in the house of one Bajrang Das in the said mohalla of certain religious rites or ceremonies accompanied by the blowing of a conch. A prosecution was instituted against Bajrang Das for an offence under Section 298 of the Indian Penal Code, which resulted in his acquittal by the Sessions Court. Some Hindus of the neighbourhood, not satisfied with the victory thus gained, proceeded further and began to perform ceremonies of some sort involving the blowing of a conch in a grove or orchard situat...