Judgment

SUBBA RAO, J. : This appeal by special leave is against the judgment and order of the High Court of Punjab, Circuit Bench, Delhi confirming those of the Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, convicting the appellant under S. 467 of the Indian Penal Code and sentencing him to imprisonment till the rising of the Court and to a fine of Rs. 250/-

2. The appellant is an Under Secretary, now under suspension, in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi and is the son of Janki Pershad. Janki Pershad held a ration depot in Delhi. In the year 1948 Janki Pershad purchased three Post Office National Savings Certificates of the face value of Rs. 250/- in the name of the Controller of Rationing Delhi, and deposited the same with him as security. On February 21, 1952, Janki Pershad transferred the ration depot in favour of his grandson, S. K. Bansal, the son of the appellant. Thereafter, on April 16,1952, Janki Pershad applied to the rationing authority for the release of the said security on the ground that he had transferred the concerned ration depot in favour of his grandson who had given a fresh cash security of his own. Before the said security given by him was relea