Judgment

DUA, J. : - This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment and order of a learned Single Judge of the Allahabad High Court dated October 6, 1969 dismissing the appellant s revision from the order of a II Temporary Sessions Judge, Kanpur dated November 8, 1967 dismissing his appeal from his conviction by a learned Magistrate under Sections 384/511, I.P.C. and sentence of rigorous imprisonment for one Year.

2. On August 15, 1964, Mannu. a boy about 5 years old, was found missing from the house of the appellant s relation Shri Gajendra Nath (P.W. 19) an Excise Inspector, residing in Mohalla Ashok Nagar, Kanpur within the jurisdiction of police station Sisamau. The following day a report was lodged at the police station Sisamau about this fact and a notice was also published in the newspapers and handbills were distributed announcing a reward of Rupees 501/- for anyone who furnished the clue of the missing child s whereabouts. A post-card (Ext Ka-1) bearing post office seals dated 21-8-1964 and later an inland letter (Ext. Ka-2) bearing the date October 21, 1954 were received by Gajendra Nath demanding in the first letter a ransom of Rs. 1,000/-, and in the second