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39. Moreover, if the word `person' used in Section 154(1) is interpreted keeping in view the object of legislation and by applying the rule of contextual interpretation, the applicability of which has been recognised in Poppatlal Shah v. State of Madras (AIR para 7), S.K. Gupta v. K.P. Jain (SCC para 25), RBI v. Peerless General Finance and Investment Co. Ltd. (SCC para 33) and Central Bank of Iondia v. State of Kerala (SCC para 98), it becomes clear that the same would include human being and a body of individuals which may have juridical or non juridical status.