Judgment

HIDAYATULLAH, J. : This is an appeal by one Daulat Ram who was prosecuted under S. 182 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to imprisonment for three months. His revision application in the High Court of Punjab and Chandigarh was dismissed in limine; but he obtained special leave from this court and has filed this appeal.

2. The appellant was working as a Patwari and on August, 19, 1958, he wrote a letter to the Tehsildar of Pathankot that on the previous day he had been set upon by two persons Hans Raj and Kans Raj who beat him severely and robbed him of certain of his official papers and some money, which was with him, partly belonging, to him and partly to the Government. At the end of the letter which he wrote to the Tehsildar, he stated that the letter was written for his information. The Tehsildar, however, forwarded the letter to the Sub-Divisional Officer who in his turn sent it on to the police. The police enquired into the facts and reported that the allegations in the letter were false. Meanwhile, it appears that the appellant entered into some sort of compromise with Hans Raj and Kans Raj and wrote another letter saying that as they were his relatives and he ha