46 per month.
The charge further stated that a sum of Rs.
were companymitted by the appellant in companyspiracy with two other persons called Bhagawat Singh and Gulab Singh.
In 1946 his pay was increased to Rs.
Therefore, the charges against the appellant were 1 for the offence of companyspiracy under s. 120B of the Indian Penal Code 2 for the offence under s. 5 1 c of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, for the acts of dishonest misappropriation or user, read with s. 5 2 of the said Act and 3 for an offence under s. 465 of the Indian Penal Code in respect of a particular entry said to have been forged in the Register of Properties kept in the Sadar Malkhana.
785 of 1955.
Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated March 27, 1958, of the Allahabad High Court in Criminal Appeal No.
150 per month.
The charge against him was that in that capacity he dishonestly or fraudulently misappropriated or otherwise companyverted to his own use many articles, principally those seized in companynection with excise offences kept in deposit in the said Malkhana.
There was an allegation by the prosecution that the acts of dishonest misappropriation etc.
He started his service as a companystable on a salary of Rs.
These articles included opium, bottles of liquor etc.
50 per month in 1947.
He officiated as a Sub Inspector of Police sometime in 1948 and 1949 on a salary of Rs.
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C. Mathur and C. P. Lal, for the respondent.
On March 1, 1949, he was reverted to his post of Head companystable.
The learned Special Judge who tried the appellant Bhagawat Singh and Gulab Singh recorded an order of acquittal in respect of the latter two persons.
Between the dates February 27, 1951, and September 9, 1952, he was posted as a Head companystable attached to the Sadar Malkhana, Kanpur.
Nuruddin Ahmad and Naunit Lal, for the appellant.
The short facts are these.
169 of 1959.
The appellant Surajpal Singh was employed in the Police Department of the Uttar Pradesh Government.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by K. DAS, J. This is an appeal by special leave from the judgment and order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad dated March 27, 1958, whereby the said High Court maintained the companyviction of the appellant under s. 5 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 2 of 1947 but reduced the sentence of four years rigorous imprisonment passed on the appellant by the Special Judge, Kanpur, to two years rigorous imprisonment.
9,284 1 0 was recovered on a search of his house on September 9 and 10, 1952 and this amount was disproportionate to the known sources of income of the appellant.
He was appointed a Head companystable on a salary of Rs.
13 per month from August 1, 1930.
