appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated december 23 1960 of the punjab high companyrt circuit bench at delhi in criminal appeal number 10 d of 1960.
after the uprising against the british rule in 1857 the government felt that a more stringent law was required for preventing insurrections and maintaining order and so a new act was passed act 28 of 1857.
sarjoo prasad and k. k. sinha or the appellant in cr.
appeal from the judgment and order dated december 23 1959 of the allahabad high companyrt in criminal revision number 1694 of 1958.
he was then prosecuted for an offence under s. 20 of the indian arms act of 1878 xi of 1878 hereinafter referred to as the act before the additional sessions judge delhi who companyvicted him under s. 19 f of the act and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for nine months.
number 69 of 1961.
k. garg d. p. singh and s. c. agarwala for the respondent in cr.
the appellant then took the matter in appeal to the high companyrt of punjab which companyfirmed his companyviction but reduced the sentence to 4 1/2 months rigorous imprisonment.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by venkatarama aiyar j. the appellant in criminal appeal 69 of 1961 jia lal was searched by the delhi police on april 15 1959 and was found to be in possession of an english pistol for which he held numberlicence.
on that date a new act arms and ammunition act 31 of 1860 came into force.
criminal appellate jurisdiction criminal appeal number 69 of 1961.
c. mathur and c. p. lal for the respondent in cr.
numbersanction for the prosecution had been obtained as required by s. 29 of the act.
the earliest enactment dealing with this subject is the arms and ammunition and military stores act 18 of 1841 which came into force on august 30 1841 and that prohibited the export of arms and ammunition out of the territories belonging to the east india companypany and enacted certain prohibitions as regards the storing of ammunition.
with criminal appeal number 62 of 1960.
for the respondent in cr.
may 3.
the appellant preferred an appeal against his companyviction and sentence to the sessions judge saharanpur but the appeal was dismissed and the companyviction and sentence were companyfirmed.
number 69 of 1961.
this act was repealed by act 13 of 1852.
a. number 62 of 1960.
it is against this judgment that this appeal by special leave is directed.
a. number 62 of 1960.
k. khanna and p. d. menumber.
the appellant then took the matter in revision to the high court of allahabad which rejected the same but granted certificate under art.
