Rajamannar, C.J.-This is an application by the 1st accused in C.C.No. 1380 of 1954 on the file of the Court of the Sub-Magistrate, Karaikudi, to revise) the order of the Sub-Magistrate, directing summons under section 94, Criminal Procedure Code, to issue to the accused for the production of certain documents in his possession. The accused was charged with the offence of contravening the provisions of the Shops and Establishments Act, and it was alleged by the prosecution that the documents necessary for the purpose of the trial of the case? were with the accused as they were accounts being maintained by the accused in the usual course of his business. On behalf of the accused, objection was. taken to the production of the documents based on Art. 20(3) of the Constitution which provides that no person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself. The Magistrate overruled the objection and directed summons to issue for the production of the documents. In view of the observations of the Supreme Court in their recent decision in M.P.Sharma v. Satish Chandra1, this petition must be allowed. Their Lordships therein observed that the guarantee under Article 2

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