Directors of the chit company and the main case of the prosecution is that the chit operations of the accused chit company were being conducted in the said building, which has taken on license basis by the chit company from the petitioner’s deceased mother. It appears that the Investigating Officer has seized and taken all the materials kept by the accused company officials in the said licensed building under mahazar and panchanama. Annexure-A5 photographs would show that the artificial partitioning using plywood, etc. made by the accused is still remaining in the said building. It could be that the said partition materials may have been installed by the accused for using such building on license basis and the petitioner may not have any ownership right on the said materials. But the factual matter is that the petitioner had sent Annexure-A3 lawyer’s notice under registered post, as early as on 12.04.1990 calling upon the accused to remove all such materials from the building, as the petitioner wants to immediately use the said building in the manner he deems fit and proper, including the option to give it on license or lease basis, etc. The accused has not responded to Annexure-A3 lawyer’s notice till date, even though the time limit of seven days mentioned in Annexure-A3 has expired long ago. It appears that the accused persons concerned are absconding and on account of the liabilities to their customers, who had taken part in chit transactions. Therefore, the
