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E.M. Barnett Vs. L.N. Thakkar and anr.
Court: Mumbai
Decided on: May-19-1955
Reported in: 1956CriLJ755
ORDERHidayatullah, C.J.1. This is an application by one E. M. Barnett, Guard on the Western Railway, for revision of the order passed by Shri R. D. Gour, District Magistrate, Nimar, refusing to refer the case to the High Court for quashing the order of the Magistrate who declined to permit the compounding of this case between the aforesaid Barnett and one L. N, Thakkar, another guard.2. It appears that the two guards quarrelled among themselves and Barnett hit Thakkar a blow on the face, which caused one of his teeth to fall out. The complainant and the ac cased after the case had gone on for some time put in an application on 13-2-1954 seeking the permission of the Court to compound the offence. The Nagar Nyaya Panchayat, Second Class, Khandwa, before which the case was pending, ordered that a memo be sent to the District Superintendent of Police, Nimar, asking him whether he had any objection to the offence being compounded.After adjourning the case to suit the convenience of the Dis...
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