JUDGMENT

Harington, J. - The Appellants in this case have been convicted of abetment of forgery of a valuable security, and have been sentenced under sec. 467 read with sec. 116 of the Indian Penal Code to rigorous imprisonment for two years, and to a fine of five hundred rupees each, and in default to undergo a further period of rigorous imprisonment for six months; and the first Appellant has in addition been convicted of having in his possession a valuable security knowing it to be forged, and has been punished under sec. 474 with rigorous imprisonment for one year in addition to that passed on his conviction under the other sections. The facts of the case are, that the two accused went to the house of one Nityanund Das, and they saw there a school' boy named Dinabandhu. Kailas, the first Appellant, produced two documents, one of which was a duly registered deed. The two Appellants requested Dinabandhu to copy the registration endorsement on the duly registered deed on to the other document. The boy refused, but gave information to his relatives and told them of the request which the accused had made to him. Subsequently, the two accused again came to Dinabundhu, and brought the