Rajadhyaksha, J.

1. These applications and appeal No. 704 of 1950 have been made by petitioners who have been convicted under Section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act XXIII [23] of 1932.

2. The facts in all cases are almost identical, and there is no dispute about them. In August 1950, there was a dispute between the Bombay Millowners Association on the one hand and the employees of the various member mills on the other, with respect to the bonus for the year 1949. The matter was taken to the Industrial Court, Bombay, and it gave an award on 7th July 1950. Against that award the Millowners Association filed an appeal to the Appellate Tribunal on 9th August 1950. This Tribunal was constituted under the Industrial Disputes (Appellate Tribunal) Act of 1950. During the pendency of the appeal before the Appellate Tribunal, the employees of the various mills commenced a strike on 14th August 1950. On 16th August the petitioners went near the mills, and having posted themselves near the gates of the mills, distributed leaflets to the workers. It has been found as a matter of fact that the petitioners did not intimidate any workers, but were merely distributing leaflets and loit