1. Krishnan Kesavan, the appellant, who was the accused in Sessions Case No. 55 of 1956 on the file of the Sessions Court of Trivandrum has been convicted by the learned Sessions Judge of that Court under S.474 I.P.C. for having been in possession of a'valuable security', to wit, a lease deed, knowing the same to be forged and intending that the same shall fraudulently or dishonestly be used as genuine and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 1 year. The lease deed in question is Ext. P3 and the case arose out of a complaint filed by Pw.1 before the Taluk Second Class Magistrate of Chirayinkil on November 9,1953. The complainant, who is an Advocate, alleged in his petition of complaint that on March 20, 1953 he had permitted the accused to live in a building situate in the northern portion of Parambil Purayidom in Attingal Pakuthy for a period of 3 months and that when he demanded surrender of the same, the accused set up title to the building and paramba as a lessee setting up a case that on 16.5.1117 the complainant had executed a lease deed in his favour. Ext. P2, dated November 3, 1953 is the reply notice sent by the accused in answer to the 'q