JUDGMENT

George Clause Rankin, C.J. - In this case Padam Prosad was tried at the High Court Sessions by my learned brother, Mr. Justice Jack, and a common Jury on charges laid under Sections 193 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code together with Sujauddin Ahmad and Kanhya Lal He was convicted on the unanimous verdict of the Jury of abetment of the offence of fabricating false evidence and also on the substantive charge of dishonestly using as genuine a forged document knowing the same to be forged. Kanhya Lal was acquitted of both charges and Sujauddin Ahmad was convicted of abetment of the offence of fabricating false evidence and also of abetment of the offence of dishonestly using as genuine a forged document knowing the same to be forged. On the 19th March, 1927, a Nepali girl called Rajkumari presented a petition of complaint to the Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate charging Padam Prosad with diverse offences and in particular with the offence of having sold her to one Hiralal Agarwala for immoral purposes. She alleged that she was of the age of about 14 years and asked that process issue against the accused u/s 372 of the Indian Penal Code, that is for the offence of selling