Judgement

Appeal (No. 98 of 1945), by special leave, from two judgments and orders of the High Court (Beckett and Marten JJ.) (June 7, 1945) which dismissed the appeals of the appellants and confirmed the sentences of death passed on them by the judgment and order of the Sessions judge, Amritsar (February 9, 1945).

The ground on which special leave to appeal was granted was the allegation that evidence that the appellants had committed a murder other than that with which they -were charged was wrongly admitted. That was the principal point argued on this appeal.

Law Rep. 73 Ind. App. 195 ( 1945- 1946)

Natha Singh V. King-Emperor 99

The facts appear from the judgment of the Judicial Committee.

1946. June 18. Pullan and Jayakar for the appellants. The main ground on which special leave to appeal was granted was the allegation that evidence of another crime has been used to secure the conviction of the appellants. The ostensible reason for admitting that evidence was that it showed that the present crime was committed for the purpose of concealing evidence of the former, which up till then was undetected. That is an unreasonable motive, and was not accepted by the High Court. Reliance i