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4. On receiving secret information, the appellant's premises was raided on 22-1-2008 and in the search, huge volumes of naxal literatures were recovered. Apart from printed literatures, one computer, CPU was also seized, which was sent for forensic examination to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad and the report received from FSL Hyderabad whose print out is part of the record, contained huge volumes of naxal literatures.

The appellant in his statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. has admitted seizure of CPU of the computer system which was sent for forensic examination and the transcript of the materials stored in the CPU of the computer is available on record, the extract of which shall be discussed infra. The appellant also examined himself as a defence witness as DW-1 and admits that the name of his party is Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) (Naxalvadi) and has no relation with the CPI (ML) People War or Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) or CPI Maoist. He refers to these banned organizations as political parties and also refers the name of his political party as CPI (ML) (Naxalvadi) as a political party. None of these organizations are registered political parties, in fact, CPI (ML) People War and Maoist Communist Centre and CPI (Maoist) are either banned organizations under the Act of 2005 or have been included in the Schedule under the Act of 1967.