Tarkeshwar Nath, J.

1. These are three applications directed against separate orders dated 1-6-1963 passed by the Sub-divisional Magistrate, Sadar Patna, dismissing the petitions of complaint filed by the petitioner. The complainant is the petitioner in each case but the accused persons are different. One Tapan Kumar Bose (accused) as well was impleaded as opposite party 3, Criminal Revision 1601 of 1963, but the application stands dismissed against him for default and non-compliance of an order passed by this Court for the filing of the process and supplying correct address of that opposite party.

The petitioner filed three petitions of complaint on 11-12-1962 for summoning the opposite parties in respect of the offences under Sec. 63 of the Copyright Act (14 of 1957). His case in each complaint was that the Bihar School Examination Board reserved its copyright in respect of every question paper for its secondary examination and in token of it the words "copyright reserved" were printed on each question paper for the various subjects in which the examination were held. The old question papers of the said Bihar School Examination Board were compiled together and bound in bo