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Aug 17 1954

Labhshanker Keshavji and anr. Vs. State

Court: Gujarat

Decided on: Aug-17-1954

Reported in: 1955CriLJ839

Baxi, J.1. The petitioners were convicted by the First Class Magistrate on a charge Under Section 384, I. P. C-read with Section 34, IPC and were sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 700/- and three months' rigorous imprisonment in default of payment of fine. They preferred separate appeals to the Sessions Judge, Halar Division, we confirmed their conviction but reduced the sentence of Labhshanker to three months rigorous imprisonment and set aside the sentence of fine. They have approached this Court in revision. As both the revisions arise out of a common judgment, they were heard together and are disposed of by this judgment.2. The facts which give rise to these revisions are briefly as under. The complainant is the manage of the Digvijay Weaving and Spinning Mills Ltd. of Jamnagar. The petitioner Bhanushanker was at the material time the editor of the paper 'Insaf which was published from Rajkot and the petitioner Labhshanker was employed by him as a sal...


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