Judgment

S. K. DAS, J. : This is an appeal on a certificate granted by the Punjab High Court under Art. 134 (1) (c) of the Constitution.

2. The facts giving rise to the appeal are somewhat sordid and we shall set out such of them only as are relevant to it. On December 14, 1954, a person whom we shall refer to as X submitted a written report to the Superintendent of Police, Delhi City, to the effect that one of his daughters was being molested and threatened by the appellant and that he had received letters of an objectionable nature from him "for the purpose of blackmailing and extorting money". Some of these letters were shown to the superintendent of Police. The latter sent the report to the Station Officer, Karol Bagh police station, with a direction to register a case under S. 506, Indian Penal Code, and investigate it. The Station Officer investigated the case and submitted a charge sheet against the appellant. He also took in charge some of the letters said to have been received by X. They contained a reference to photographs of a daughter of X, and at least one of the letters said that a sample photograph was being enclosed with it. These photographs, it appeared subsequently