Judgment

AYYANGAR, J.: This appeal has been filed by special leave of this Court against the judgment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh by which the appellant who is an Advocate was held guilty of professional misconduct and had held suspended from practice for five years.

2. The facts relating to the misconduct charged were briefly these : The three respondents before us and one other - Kagga Veeraiah-were plaintiffs in O. S. 432 of 1951 on the file of District Munsiff, Guntur in which a claim was made for possession of certain lands. The appellant was the Advocate for these plaintiffs. The suit was dismissed by the trial Court and an appeal was filed therefrom to the Subordinate Judge, Guntur, and pending the disposal of the appeal there was a direction by the Court that the crops standing on the suit-land be sold and the proceeds deposited into Court. In pursuance of this order a sum of about Rs. 1,600/- was deposited into Court on December 19, 1951. The appeal by the plaintiffs was allowed by the Subordinate Judge. The unsuccessful defendants preferred a second appeal to the High Court, but meanwhile the plaintiffs made an application for withdrawing the amount deposited in Co