Lord Simonds.:-

Their Lordships, having at the conclusion of the hearing intimated that they would humbly advise His Majesty to dismiss this appeal, now give their reasons.

2. This is an appeal by special leave from an order of the Chief Court of Sind, in its Appellate Criminal Jurisdiction, dated 18th July 1945, which summarily dismissed the appeal of the appellants from the conviction and sentences passed on them on 24th March 1945, by a Judge of the said Court, exercising Sessions Court jurisdiction, who, in accordance with the majority verdict of a jury, found (1) both of them guilty of being parties to a criminal conspiracy to cheat one Rochiram Asoomal Canser (S. 120B read with S. 420, Penal Code); (2) the first appellant guilty of having, in pursuance of the said conspiracy, forged two documents (referred to in the Record as exs. A and b) purporting to be an agreement in duplicate executed at Lahore by a fictitious person called Dr. S. C. Rao, described therein as "General Manager, Herbarium Lahore", and at Karachi by the said Rochiram as "Chairman, Sunderson Limited", wherein receipt of Rs. 3000 as paid by appellant 1 to the Herbarium on behalf of Rochiram, was acknowledged (