The prisoner filed an appeal to the High Court and the learned Judges of the High Court after companysideration of the arguments on both sides agreed with the view taken by the learned Sessions Judge, and dismissed the appeal by its judgment dated the 17th June, 1955.
On appeal by special leave from the Judgment and order dated the 17th June 1955 of the Travancore Cochin High Court at Ernakulam in Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No.
It does number appear from the record whether this mercy petition to the Maharaja of Cochin was sent before or after the mercy petitions to the Raj Pramukh of Travancore Cochin and to the President were disposed of.
After all these attempts had failed, the Sessions Judge issued a warrant on the 29th March, 1955, fixing 6th April, 1955, for the execution of the prisoner.
Meanwhile, the Superintendent, Central Jail, Viyyur, where the companydemned prisoner was lodged, informed the Sessions Judge by his letter dated the 1st April, 1955, that the prisoner had sent a mercy petition to the Maharaja of Cochin and requested for directions, since numberorders had been received in respect of that petition.
113 of 1955 T. No.
it may be mentioned that the Sessions Division of Trichur is admittedly in the former State of Cochin.
90 of 1955.
The sentence was in due companyrse companyfirmed by the High Court and an application for leave to appeal against it to this Court was rejected.
136 of 1954 .
The appellant filed mercy petitions to the Raj Pramukh of Travancore Cochin and to the President of India and both of them were rejected.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No.
The appellant was companyvicted of murder in Sessions Case No.
20 of 1954 by the Sessions Judge of Trichur number in the State of Travancore Cochin and sentenced to death.
R. L. Iyengar, for the appellant.
Sardar Bahadur, for the respondent, 1023 1955.
The present appeal is against this order of the High Court.
December 1.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by JAGANNADHADAS J This is an appeal by special leave and arises under somewhat unusual circumstances.
4 of 1954 and Criminal Appeal No.
