Judgment

O. CHINAPPA REDDY J.:- Jorma who was convicted by the learned Sessions Judge Dehradun under Section 302 Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life, was directed by the High Court of Allahabad to be released on bail on furnishing bail to the satisfaction of the District Magistrate, Dehradun. The District Magistrate (Judicial) Dehradun ordered Jorma to execute a personal bond in a sum of Rs. 5,000/- and to furnish two sureties in a sum of Rs. 10,000/- each. Ram Lal the present appellant was one of the persons who executed a surety bond. Another, Abdul Jabbar, also executed a surety bond. By some oversight no personal bond was taken from Jorma nor was his signature taken on the reverse of the bonds executed by the two sureties as appears to have been usually done. Jorma jumped bail and the sureties were unable to produce him when required to do so. The Distirct Magistrate, Dehradun, therefore, forfeited the surety bonds and issued a warrant of attachment against the sureties under S. 514 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. The appellant preferred an appeal to the High Court of Allahabad against the order of forfeiture. Before the High Court it was su