( 1 ) SRI Buchi Rao, a First Grade Pleader of Guntur, was indicted of professional misconduct in that he had drawn a sum of Rs. 414 on account of money due to his client, Annam Venkatanarayana of Sattenapalli, in O. S. No. 379 of 1953 on the file of the District Munsif s Court, Guntur, and retained the same without intimating and paying the said money to the said client. The said client, annam Venkanarayana, filed a petition complaining against his pleader. The district Judge, Guntur, conducted an enquiry and acquitted the pleader of the said charge. The matter is before us under section 15 of the Legal Practitioners Act (XVIII of 1879 ). We have heard the learned Advocate-General and Sri Konda Kotayya for the pleader.

( 2 ) SRI Buchi Rao was appearing for Annam Venkatanarayana in a number of cases during the period from 1953 to 1957 when he was practising as a pleader at guntur. In O. S. No. 379 of 1953 on the file of the District Munsif, Guntur, Annam venkatanarayana was the successful decree-holder. His pleader Buchi Rao withdrew a sum of Rs. 414 for and on account of the decree-holder Annam Venkatanarayana on 15th May, 1954. The pleader appeared in a number of ca