speaking broadly the allegation against the appellants was that there was a companyspiracy between them as a result of which 1480 applications were filed for the issue of pass ports from july 1956 to april 1957 by muslims and chinese nationals.
these applications were alleged to have been made by suppressing the real facts about the nationality and addresses of the applicants and by making false repre sentations in several other respects.
some of the appellants were alleged to be directly concerned with those applications and it was further alleged that the orders of the passport authority were obtained by dishonest inducement and false representation.
the prosecution alleged that hundreds of passports were thus issued and delivered to persons who were number entitled to them under the law.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated the 23rd june 1971 of the calcutta high companyrt in crl.
criminal appellate jurisdiction criminal appeal number 277 of 1971.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by shinghal j. this appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of the calcutta high companyrt dated june 23 1971 upholding the companyviction of the appellants for offences under sections 420 and 420/120b of the penal companye but reducing their sentences.
the charge related to cheat ing the passport issuing authority of the hooghly district by dishonestly inducing him to issue passports on the basis of false representations.
this companyrt has limited the special leave to the question whether the passports were property within the meaning of section 420 of the penal code ?
number 45 of 1964.
n. mukherjee and g.s.
k. chatterjee and rathin das for the appellants.
chatterjee for respondents.
