Jagdish Chandra, J.

( 1 ) BY means of this petition brought under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short the Code) the petitioner Col. S. J. Chowdhary has challenged the correctness of the order dated 20-12-83 of Sh. K. C. Lohia, Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi whereby the application dated 12-12-83 of the petitioner for being supplied copies of statements of prosecution witnesses and documents relied upon by the prosecution had been disallowed.

( 2 ) THE petitioner was arrested in the case under Sections 120-B/302 I. P. C. and under Sections 3,4 and 6 of the Explosive Substances Act. Challan was submitted in Court on 28-10-83 and the documents as required under Section 173 of the Code were furnished to the accused-petitioner but, it is alleged, on scrutiny of documents he found that most of the documents, statements and exhibits relied upon by the prosecution to prove the charge against him had not been furnished to him which necessitated the making of the aforesaid application, dated 12-12-1983 to the learned committing magistrate Sh. K. C. Lohia, Metropolitan Magistrate.

( 3 ) IT is urged by the learned counsel for the petitioner that a number of witnesses h

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