the allegation against the accused is that certain passages in the story of shama at pp.
he was idle for long spells and whenever he thought of neela he wrote a poem.
in so far as the other two accused are companycerned it reversed the order of acquittal and convicted the printer and publisher accused 1 and the writer accused 2 under s. 292 i.p.c.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated october 25 1966 of the bombay high companyrt in criminal appeal number 805 of 1965.
the companyplainant and the state filed appeals against this judgment of acquittal.
against the printer and publisher accused 1 the writer of the story accused 2 and the selling agent accused 3.
the complainant further relented to several other articles in the same issue such as the story of savitri and certain cartoons but we are number number companycerned with these because both the magistrate as well the high companyrt did number think that they offended the provisions of s. 292 i.p.c.
then one day he was introduced to vanita who was a graduate and a married woman who had left her husband.
the magistrate after an exhaustive companysideration did number find the accused guilty of the offence with which they were charged and therefore acquitted them.
criminal appellate jurisdiction criminal appeal number 170 of 1967.
the companyplainant stated that he had read the aforesaid diwali issue of rambha and found many articles and pictures in it to be obscene which are calculated to companyrupt and deprave the minds of the readers in general and the young readers in particular.
the appellant is the author of a short story entitled shama published in the 1962 diwali issue of rambha a monthly marathi magazine which story is said to be obscene.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by jaganmohan reddy j. this appeal is by special leave directed against the judgment of the bombay high court.
chaudhuri for the appellant.
sharma and s.p.
criminal proceedings were therefore initiated before the first class magistrate poona by the companyplainant bhide under s. 292 i.p.c.
nayar for respondent number1.
r. khanna b.d.
s. kavalekar k. rajendra chaudhuri and k.r.
