380 of 1961 and 72 of 1962 respectively.
The appellant was elected President of the Nerinjipet Panchayat Board on May 17, 1958.
2,500 on February 9, 1959.
Appeals by special leave from the Judgment and order dated December 3, 1963 of the Madras High Court in Criminal Appeals Nos.
To enable W. 4 to make the purchase, the appellant endorsed the National Plan Savings Certificates and handed them over to W. 4.
It appears that a sum of Rs.
This was done by the appellant because W. 4 approached him and asked him that the Board should subscribe through him for small savings certificates for Rs.
130 of 1964 This appeal is brought, by special leave, from the judgment of the Madras High Court dated December 3, 1963 in Criminal Appeal No.
7,000 just as the Panchayat had subscribed Rs.
At that time he was a duly elected member of the Board.
7,000 that being his quota from the Narinjipet Panchayat.
7,000 through Tass liar representing the Revenue Department.
4,000 of the Board had been invested in four National Plan Savings Certificates in the Bhavani Post Office.
130 131 of 1964.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeals Nos.
It was alleged that the appellant cashed them on February 11, 1959 and did number bring the amount in the account books of the Panchayat Board.
The defence of the appellant was that he signed the certificates and handed them over to P.W. 4, the Deputy Panchayat Officer of the block within which the village was located.
For that purpose P.W. 4 got Rs.
C.I./66 14 Ganapathy Iyer, for the appellant in both the appeals .
The Sub Divisional Magistrate, Erode was number satisfied that the prosecution had proved the charge and therefore acquitted the appellant, but on appeal the High Court accepted the prosecution evidence that it was the appellant who ,cashed the certificates at the Post Office and number P.W. 4 and accordingly found the appellant guilty of the offence.
380 of 1961 by which the appellant was companyvicted under s. 409, Indian Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Ramaswami, J. Criminal Appeal No.
500 in cash on December 2, 1958 and a cheque for Rs.
V. Rangam, for the respondent in both the appeals .
