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TRIPURA HIGH COURT
, J
Shyama Charan Saha – Appellant
Versus
Sub-divisional Magistrate, Belonia – Respondent
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| 1. writ petitions addressed similar legal issues and facts. (Para 1 , 2 , 5) |
| 2. petitioners argued for illegal search and seizure. (Para 3 , 4 , 20 , 27) |
| 3. interpretation of currency as documents under the act. (Para 9 , 10 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. currency falls under definition of 'document' and legality questioned. (Para 15 , 19) |
| 5. issuance of writ of mandamus for return of seized articles. (Para 34 , 36 , 38) |
1. These two Writ petitions have been taken up together as the facts, in both the cases are more or less the same and as the same questions of law are involved.
2. Shyama Charan Saha is the petitioner in Writ petition No.29 of 1959. He states that he has been dealing in foreign exchange namely, Pakistan currency notes and coins as a business openly and publicly in his shop situated in Belonia Bazar for about six years past without any hindrance or objection from the police or customs authorities. On 25-2-59 the Officer - in - charge of Belonia police station, along with Sri Badal Dutta, a Sub-Inspector of police and Sri Prabir Chandra Deb Burma, an A.S.I. came to the Belonia Bazar at 10 A.M. and searched his shop along with some other shops, also dealing in Pakistan
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