Judgment

BHARGAVA, J. : This appeal, by special leave, arises out of proceedings started on a complaint filed by one M. H. Abbas against the two appellants, of whom appellants No. 1, K. P. Raghavan, was Sub-Inspector of Police posted at Kumbala Police Station, and appellant No. 2, Kunhi Raman, was the Station Writer of that Police Station. The complaint was filed on the allegation that the complainant had cultivation. jointly with one .Seedi, of water melons in a field to the west of his house near a railway line, in Mogral village, and some adjoining fields were cultivated by others, two of whom were cited as his prosecution witnesses; they are Abdulla (P. W. 2) and Amdunhi (P. W. 3). The telegraph wires running along the railway line passed over the fields of these two witnesses. The wires once broke down and it was found that a portion of the wires was missing. In that connection, two police constables went to the shop of Abdulla P. W. 2, and questioned him at about 2-30 p. m. to find out if he had any knowledge about the missing telegraph wires. P. W. 2 accompained, the police constables to the fields also, but did not find any broken wires. Thereafter, the police questioned P