Appeal by special leave from the Judgment and order dated November 23, 1959, of the Punjab High Court in Criminal Revision No.
Meanwhile, it appears that the appellant entered into some sort of companypromise with Hans Raj and Kans Raj and wrote another letter saying that as they were his relatives and he had found the papers and money, the proceedings if any be dropped and the papers be companysigned to the record room.
The matter however was pursued further and when the report of the police came that the allegations in the original letter were false, the Tehsildar asked the police that a calendar be drawn up.
The Tehsildar, however, forwarded the letter to the Sub Divisional Officer who in his turn sent it on to the police.
K. Khanna, D. Gupta and P. D. Menon, for the respondent.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No.
January 25.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by HIDAYATULLAH, J. This is an appeal by one Dault Ram who was prosecuted under s. 182 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to imprisonment for three months.
At the end of the letter which he wrote to the Tehsildar, he stated that the letter was written for his information.
D, Mahajan, for the appellant.
The police enquired into the facts and reported that the allegations in letter were false.
His revision application in the High Court of Punjab at Chandigarh was dismissed in limini but he obtained special leave from this companyrt and has filed this appeal.
The appellant was working as a Patwari and on August 19, 1958, he wrote a letter to the Tehsildar of Pathankot that on the previous day he had been set upon by two persons Hans Raj and Kans Raj who beat him severely and robbed him of certain of his official papers and some money, which was with him, partly belonging to him and partly to the Government.
126 of 1960.
1445 of 1959.
