JUDGMENT - V.V. VAZE, J.:---A wooden partition with an upper-half of glass would be the least expected fixture in small shack looking like a godown. Gala No. 9 on the ground floor of Tardeo Mansion, Tulsiwadi Road, Tardeo was no doubt a godown but its original tenant P.W. 6 Kulwantsingh Chopra alias Mohan Punjabi ("Minoo") had let out the same to P.W. 14 Minoo Meherjibhow Mistry ("Minoo"). As this Gala had no electricity, Minoo approached a neighbour for supplying electrical connection. P.W. 15 Pandurang Raigude ("Pandurang"), the friendly neighbour obliged on payment of Rs. 25/- per month and gave a temporary connection. The modus operandi of the makeshift arrangement was that everyday Pandurang would carry a connecting wire from his power supply up to the rear side of Gala No. 9, provide light from 6.30 P.M. 10.00 P.M. or sometimes till midnight, and then disconnect and coil back the wire every night after use.

2. The elaborate lighting arrangements for the shack were necessitated by the fact that it was to be used by Minoo as a Matka-den one of the many which have sprung up like mushrooms in this metropolis to satiate the gambling instincts of its proleteriate. Minoo had entered

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