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And, 'and' has generally a cumulative sense, requiring the fulfilment of all the conditions that it joins together, and herein it is the antithesis of or, Sometimes, however, even in such a connection, it is, by force of a context, read as 'or', Ishwar Singh Bindra v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1968 SC 1450 (1454): (1969) 1 SCR 219. See also Mohd. Abubakar Siddique v. Mustafa Shahidul Islam, (2000) 2 SCC 62.