Kerala Court June 1954 Judgments

Ouseph Varkey Vs. State

Court: Kerala

Reported in: 1954CriLJ1604

Sankaran, J.1. The accused in C. O. No. 1/1953 on the file of the Special Judge at Trichur is the petitioner. He was tried for the offence under Section 165-A, Penal Code, and was found guilty of the offence charged against him. The Special Judge has accordingly convicted him under that section and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month. The legality and the sustainability of such conviction and sentence are challenged by the accused by means of this revision petition.2. The prosecution case against the accused is that on the morning of 10-7-1953 the accused offered a sum of Rs. 35 to P. W. 1, who was at that time the Tahsildar at Trichur, and induced him to accept the same as illegal gratification and to show him some special undue favours in the course of the discharge of the Tahsildar's official duties. The accused had already obtained some lands on registry in the Panamcherry village within the jurisdiction of the Trichur Tahsildar. He also unautho...