1. The petitioner Sulaiman Sait Mohammed Yousuf Sait stands convicted by the District Magistrate of Trivandrum under S, 3 read with S.25 (1) (a) of the Arms Act, 1959 for having been found in possession of a revolver, a gun and some ammunition without license and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 150. The conviction and sentence have been confirmed in appeal, by the Sessions Judge of Trivandrum.

2. The accused's plan was two-fold; firstly, that he was not in physical possession of the building from where the contraband articles were recovered; and secondly that the arms recovered themselves have not been proved to be articles falling under the mischief of the Arms Act. The arms recovered are: one revolver, 18 cartridges, empty cartridges 30, a tin with gun powder, one gun, one barrel, one shield, one barrel cleaner, one big bullet case, 17 bullet cases, metal pieces and a tin containing 150 cases. The seizure happened to be made in the following circumstances:

The accused was the petitioner in Debt Relief application 3 of 1964 on the file of the Addl. Sub Court, Trivandrum. The petition is one under S.15 of the Act praying for a full settlement of his debts. As provided in S