Karnataka Court November 1955 Judgments

Govinda Setty and anr. Vs. State of Mysore

Court: Karnataka

ORDERPadmanabhiah, J.1. This is a Revision Petition preferred by the petitioner-accused 1 and 2 against the judgment of the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore, in Criminal Appeal No. 180 of 1954, confirming that of the learned Additional First Class Magistrate, Bangalore, in C. C. No. 4413/ 54, convicting the first petitioner under Section 63(1), Mysore Police Act and sentencing him to undergo simple imprisonment for one month and also to pay a fine of Rs. 200/- and in default to suffer simple imprisonment for a further period of one month, and convicting the second petitioner under Section 63(2), Mysore Police act and sentencing him to undergo simple imprisonment till the rising of the court and also to pay a fine of Rs. 50/-and in default to suffer simple imprisonment for three weeks.2. The case for the prosecution was that on 4-7-1954 at about 1 P.M. the accused were found gaming on horse betting in a shop in the occupation of the first petitioner in Choudeswari temple stre...