ORDER: The case of the petitioner is as follows:

The petitioner herein is an Ex.M.L.A. of the Pondicherry Assembly according to him, the respondent has registered a case culminating in C.C.No.2 of 1999 pending on the file of the Special Judge for C.B.I. cases, Pondicherry, alleging that he had committed an offence punishable under Sec.8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with Sec.116, I.P.C. and Sec.34, I.P.C. The petitioner had appeared before the trial court and the trial court, furnished copies of the documents to him. According to him, his mother-tongue is Tamil and he has studied only upto IX standard. Therefore, he seeks that copies of documents required to be furnished to him under Sec.207, Crl.P.C. should be in Tamil only. Some of the documents are in English. He does not know English language and therefore he had preferred Cr.M.P.No.780 of 1999 on the file of the Special Judge seeking an order to furnish him with translated copies of documents.

2. The learned Special Judge enquired into the matter and came to the conclusion that Sec.207 Crl.P.C. provides for furnishing copies alone and not for furnishing translated copies, and accordingly dismissed that petition. Aggri

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