HC Deb 27 March 1929 vol 226 c2426
32. Mr. SAKLATVALA

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India on which Provincial Government's initiative were warrants issued by the magistrate in Meerut for the arrest of persons residing in different and distant provinces in India, in connection with the recent charge against 31 persons for levying war against the King; and what was the action of the accused persons taken in or in the immediate vicinity of Meerut that necessitates the trial of persons from distant provinces in Meerut?

Earl WINTERTON

The warrants were issued by the magistrate at Meerut on complaint being laid under the authority of the Governor-General in Council. As regards the second part of the question, I am not in a position to make any statement since this is clearly a matter that will emerge in the course of the trial.