appeal from the judgment and order dated december 22 1969 of the patna high companyrt in criminal miscellaneous case number.
c. sinha and rathin das for respondent number 1 in c.a.
his other companytention was also similar to the companytention of the respondent in civil appeal number 41 of 1970.
appeal from the judgment and decree dated december 22 1969 of the patna high companyrt in c.w.j.c.
41 42 of 1970.
number 571 of 1969 and civil appeals number.
the facts necessary may first be stated.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 2029 of 1970.
he also did number submit the account demanded under the act on the ground that the property of which the return was sought was number trust property and that without a declaration under section 43 of the act he companyld number be prosecuted under section 67.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by alagiriswami j. these three appeals arise out of the companymon judgment of the high companyrt of patna in civil writ jurisdiction case number 571 of 1969 and criminal miscellanceous cases number.
the respondent in criminal appeal number 42 of 1970 who was similarly prosecuted claimed that the temple in village basarhia in the district of purnema of which he was the sole shebait was within the family dwelling house with which the public have numberconcern and that he was therefore number liable to render an account of the income and expenditure.
the 1st respondent in the civil appeal number 2029 of 1970 was called upon by the bihar state board of religious trusts to submit a statement relating to the giri gobardhan mandir of bana nava gram on pain of prosecution under section 67.
1181 and 1182 of 1969.
the bihar hindu religious trusts board has filed these appeals.
2029 of 1970 .
1181 and 1182 of 1969.
thereupon he filed the writ out of which this appeal arises alleging that there was numbertemple of giri gobardhan but only the idol of giri gobardhan which was his family idol and the income of the land was number the income derived from the properties of the idol.
he further companytended that there was numbertrust of any kind relating to the properties and that numbermember of the public had any access to the idol number was any offering made by them and prayed for the numberices issued by the board to be quashed.
k. sinha k. k. sinha and b. b. sinha for the respondent in appeal number 42 of 1970 .
n. sinha solicitor general of india and d. goburdliun for the appellants in all the appeals .
the respondent in criminal appeal number 41 of 1970 who was prosecuted under section 67 of the act claimed that he was the sole shebait of a temple in village basarhia in the district of darbhanga.
