A. V. KRISHNA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THIS is an appeal against the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Srikakulam sentencing the appellant to rigorous imprisonment for one year under Section 471 read with Section 465, Indian Penal Code and to rigorous imprisonment for six months under Section 420 Indian Penal Code, the sentences being ordered to run concurrently. The conviction under Section 471, read with Section 465, Indian Penal Code, is based on the fact that the appellant used a forged transfer certificate (Ex. P. 3) to obtain admission into the Government Basic Training School at Parvatipur and produced it for the purpose before the Headmaster (P. W. 1) on 9-8-1951. The conviction under Section 420, Indian Penal Code is based on the consequential fact that ho drew stipends amounting to Rs. 330-10-0 during the period of Ms training in the Basic Training School from 9-8-1951 to 1953. These facts were established by the evidence at the trial and are not now disputed. The only ground urged in support of the appeal is that the appellant believed Ex. P-3 to he genuine and did not know nor have reason to believe that it was a forged document.

( 2 ) IN order to appreciate the contention

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