JUDGMENT

1. The appellants before us were tried by Commissioners appointed under the Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1925. They were all charged with conspiracy to wage war against the King (Section 121-A, I. P. C.) and with waging or abetting the waging of such war (Section 121, I. P. C.) The appellant Sen was further charged with the murder of Capt. Cameron at Dalghat on 13th June 1932, and with the abetment of the murder of Mrs. Sullivan at Pahartali on 24th September 1932. The appellant Dastidar and the female appellant were charged with the attempted murder at Gahira on 19th May 1933, with the unlawful possession of explosives [Section 4(b). The Explosive Substances Act, 1908] and with the unlawful possession of arms and ammunition on the same date and at the same place [Section 19(f), Indian Arms Act 1878]. There is a further charge against the appellant Dastidar of attempting to murder Assistant Sub-Inspector Sasanko Bhattacharji on 6th March 1931.

2. The trial began on 15th June 1933. The Commissioners examined 170 witnesses, and in the course of the proceedings 346 documentary and material exhibits were tendered. The Commissioners delivered their judgment on 14th August