Das, J.

1. These are three appeals which have been heard together. The appellant in Criminal Appeal No. 303 of 1951 is one Debi Soren who has been found guilty under Sec.124A, Penal Code and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 500.00 or in default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months by the learned Sub-divisional Magistrate of Dumka. In Criminal Appeal No. 306 of 1951, the appellant is Mrs. Hanna Bodra, who has been convicted by the same Magistrate under Sections 124A and 153A, Penal Code, and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 300.00 and Rs. 200.00 respectively, or in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three months. In the third appeal (Criminal Appeal No. 312 of 1951) the appellant is Yunus Soren, who has been convicted by the same Magistrate for offences under Sections 124A and 153A, Penal Code and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 300/-and Rs. 200.00 respectively, or in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three months. The appeals have been preferred to this Court under Clause (c) of the proviso to Sec. 408 Criminal P, C.

2. The cases against the appellants were instituted on a complaint made by the Superintendent of Police, Santa