The accused denied the charges levelled against them.
Both these companytentions have been negatived by the High Court, so far as the appellants herein are companycerned.
Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated May 9, 1967 of the Rajasthan High Court in S. B. Criminal Appeal No.
It was further alleged that the accused had agreed to cheat, or attempt to cheat, the postal L2Sup.
Under this head, the allegation was that the four accused agreed, among themselves, to companymit theft and pilferage, of Indian and British postal orders and bank cheques, belonging to different persons, which were in transmission, by post and that, after such pilfering, the names of the original payees and the names of the paying post offices were erased and forgery was companymitted by writing the names of fictitious persons, or the names of some of the accused, and of different post offices.
It Was also stated that the accused companymitted the various acts, in pursuance of the agreement, regarding the postal orders and cheques, details of which were given under that charge.
R. Khanna and R. N. Sachthey, for the respondent.
Bhanwar Singh and Kapoorchand were companystables in the C.I.D., Ajmer Zone, during 1956 57.
against all the four accused.
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CI/68 3 authorities and banks, at Ajmer and Jaipur, by dishonestly inducing them to make payment to the appellants and Yasoda Devi, in respect of the pilfered and forged postal orders and cheques.
The matter came to light when the payees did number receive the cheques or the postal orders intended for them and lodged companyplaints with the post offices and banks.
137 of 1967.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Vaidialingam, J. The two appellants, in this appeal, by special leave, challenge their companyviction, by the Additional Sessions Judge, No.
The further allegation was that the accused agreed to use, as genuine, all such pilfered and forged postal orders and cheques, which the accused knew, or had reasons to believe, were forged documents.
Bhanwar Singh has also been companyvicted, for an offence under S. 380, I.P.C. Both of them have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment and fine, for these offences, and the sentences of imprisonment have been directed to run companycurrently.
The two appellants, along with two others, who have since been acquitted, were tried by the learned Sessions Judge, for various offences, as indicated below.
Sobhag Mal Jain, for the appellants.
offences of theft, cheating, forgeries, etc.,
On investigation, the four accused were charged, as detailed above.
254 of 1966.
There was a companymon charge of criminal companyspiracy, under S. 120B, IPC, to do, or cause to be done, illegal acts, viz.,
There was also an allegation that all the accused had also agreed to present, such pilfered and forged postal orders and cheques, for encashment at the post offices and banks at Ajmer and Jaipur, through the two appellants and Yasoda Devi, 4th accused, pretending to be either the original payees or the substituted payees.
