Judgment

DUA, J. :- This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment and order of a learned single Judge of the High Court of Delhi dated February 24, 1972 rejecting the appellant s revision petition under Ss. 439 and 561-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In that revision he had prayed that the charge framed against him by a Magistrate, First Class, New Delhi on July 3, 1969 under S. 9 of the Punjab Security of State Act (Punjab Act No. 12), 1953 (hereinafter called the Act) be quashed. The special leave petition originally came up for preliminary hearing before a bench of this Court on August 18, 1972 when notice to show cause was issued. On September 19, 1972 the hearing was again adjourned for a week to enable the petitioner s counsel to file a writ petition. It appears that no writ petition was filed but on September 26, 1972 this Court granted special leave on usual terms. The appeal was also directed to be heard on the existing paper book with liberty to the parties to file such additional documents as they wished to file from the record. The appeal was directed to be listed for hearing in the second week of January, 1973. Sometime in January, 1973 the appellan