1927 (5) TMI 3

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..... d sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years including three months' solitary confinement. The case for the prosecution is thus stated by Jai Bhagwan. Two or three days before the 18th August 1926, the appellant brought two old silver coins to him and sold them to him at nine annas each. Nest day he brought two more silver coins of the same type and these were also purchased by J .....

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..... dul Aziz who has a druggist's shop at Karnal. This witness went to the police station and brought with him Sardar Bishen Singh, sub-inspector, who took down Jai Bhagwan's statement. The sub-inspector directed Jai Bhagwan to go to his shop and to wait for another opportunity when the accused would come to him. The accused came again to him at 4-30 or 5 p.m. the same day and asked him to go .....

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..... d to Jai Bhagwan on that date were not silver coins but contained mixture of lead and zinc. The appellant was arrested and sent up for trial under S. 420, I.P.C. The learned sessions judge found that the acts of the appellant would not fall under S. 420 but that it was a clear case of attempt to cheat. He accordingly convicted him under S. 420/511. The appellant has appealed from jail. I have gone .....

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