Judgment

MUDHOLKAR, J. : This is an appeal by a certificate granted by the High Court of Orissa which dismissed an appeal preferred by the appellants from their convictions under S. 500 ad S. 501, Indian Penal Code, respectively and the sentences of fine imposed upon each of them.

2. The appellant No.1 Gour Chandra Rout, is the editor of an Orya Daily Newspaper called "Matrubhumi" while the other appellant, Ram Chandra Kar, is the printer and publisher of that Newspaper. In the issue of May 31, 1958, the views expressed by Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia concerning the political situation created in Orissa by reason of the resignation of the Congress Ministry and the immediate non-acceptance of resignation by the Governor were published. During the Press Conference addressed by Dr. Lohia he remarked that the Governor Mr. Sukthankar had played as a toy in the hands of the Congress and that a near relation of the Governor had obtained a job carrying a handsome salary, with a British Oil Company in Assam and that, therefore, the Governor was under an obligation to the Congress. The suggestion clearly was that the near relation of the Governor had secured employment with the help of the Congress p