KOSHI, C. J. :-

Accused 1 and accused 2 in Sessions Case No. 2 of 1958 on the file of the Kotfayarn Sessions Court are the appellants in this Criminal Appeal. They are husband and wife, accused one being the husband and accused 2, the wife. Hereafter in this judgment they will, be referred to as accused 1 and accused 2. Accused 1 stands convicted by the learned Sessions Judge under Secs.467, 468 and 419 of the Penal Code read with Sec. 34 and also under. Ss. 465 and 471, Penal Code. He had been sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment for each of these offences, but all the sentences are to run concurrently and the maximum sentence passed against him is rigorous imprisonment for 3 years.

Accused 2 stands convicted under Ss. 467, 468 and 419 Penal Code. Separate sentences have been passed with respect to each offence, but all the sentences are to run concurrently and as in the case of accused 1, the maximum sentence is rigorous imprisonment for 3 years. Another person was also tried along with accused I and accused 2 for commission of the same offences, but the learned Sessions Judge acquitted him.

2. Stated briefly the facts of the case are as follows -: Accused 1 has a sis