Mumbai Court July 1960 Judgments

Laxman Zujya Bhatkar Patil Vs. the State of Bombay

Court: Mumbai

Reported in: (1960)62BOMLR818

S.M. Shah, J.1. This application has been filed by the accused against an order passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Thana, dismissing their revision application directed against the order of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate at Bassein in a case in which they were charged for an offence under Section 4 of the Bombay Prevention of Ex-Communication Act, 1949.2. The case for the prosecution was that the community of Christian Kolis of Bassein, to which both the complainant and the accused belonged, held a meeting on February 10, 1955, in which they asked him to tender an apology to one Jebubai in respect of an alleged assault. The complainant, however, did not do so and, therefore, he together with the members of his family was excommunicated and the ex-communication was thereafter communicated by beat of drum to the members of the community. It was alleged that this ex-communication was also communicated to the Christian Kolis in other villages. The comp...