( 1 ) THIS revisional application is directed against an order of Shri S. C. Choudhury, Magistrate, 1st Class, Alipore, rejecting the petitioner's application for supply of copies, free of cost of statements of witnesses and documents on which the prosecution proposes to rely.

( 2 ) THE facts are briefly as follows: On 6th June, 1959, an Information was lodged at Khardah Police Station that 8 girl aged about 15 years named Sandhyarani Das Gupta, was missing from the house of her mother at 317, Ghola Government Colony for refugees. A copy of the Information was sent to the Enforcement Branch of Police, Calcutta, and the girl was recovered from the house of Ganesh Dey, within the jurisdiction of Tollygunge P. S. , and her statement was recorded on 11th June, 1959, by the officer-in-charge, Tollygunge P. S. A copy of the statement was sent to the Enforcement Branch, Calcutta, and was treated as the F. I. R. , and Inspector Bamdeb Das of the Enforcement Branch investigated the case. According to the conclusion reached by the Inspector, there was a conspiracy entered into by Manibala alias Maniprova Mazumdar of 83a, Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, Ganesh Dey of Tollygunge Police Stat