They succeeded with the help of the members of the public in catching the Appellant who had immediately passed the money from the purse to his associate Shamim who however escaped.
Goburdhun, for the respondent.
N. Misra, K. K. Sinha, B. B. Sinha, S. S. Jauhar and K. Sinha, for the appellant.
Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated August 8, 1968 of the Patna High Court in Criminal Revision No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Jaganmohan Reddy, J. This Appeal is by Special Leave against the Judgment of the Patna High Court exercising its Revisional jurisdiction by which the benefit of the provisions of the probation of offenders Act, 1958 Act No.
20 of 1958 here inafter called the Act was denied to the Appellant Qayum.
345 2 of the Indian Penal Cod, , but it is said numberorder seems to have been passed on it and the Appellant was companyvicted as aforesaid.
Both Shamim and the Appellant were companyvicted.
Thereafter he filed a Revision Petition against his companyviction and sentence in the High Court of Patna where, as appears from the Judgment of that Court, the only point ,that was urged on behalf of the Appellant was that on the date when the revision came on for hearing the Appellant was below 20 years and the benefit of the provisions of the Act should have been given to him.
The Appellant was companyvicted under Sec.
He had in the pocket of his pant a purpose companytaining Rs.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal.
379 of the Indian Panel Code and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six months.
56/ in currency numberes.
He raised a hue and cry and seeing that two boys were running, he and his friends chased them.
It appears that before the Sub Divisional Magistrate a joint petition of the owner of the purse Jagdish Kumar Sinha and the Appellant for permission to companypound the offence was filed under Sec.
290 of 1968.
The prosecution case was that on the Vijayadashmi day in 1964, Jagdish Kumar Sinha alongwith his friends had gone to Mahalla Pathar Ki Masjid to see the procession.
1583 of 1967.
At about 1.30 a.m. when he got down from the Rikshaw and went to the pan shop to purchase pan and cigarette he discovered when he wanted to pay the price of the pan and cigarette that somebody had picked his pocket and his purse was gone.
