ORDER :

1. The 1st accused in Calendar Case C.C.No.507/1998 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court, Ranni is the revision petitioner. He was convicted for the offence under Sec.9 read with Sec.51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act,1972 (Central Act No.53 of 1972) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- and in default of payment of fine to undergo simple imprisonment for a further period of three months. Being aggrieved by the said conviction and sentence, the revision petitioner had preferred Crl.Appeal No.74/2002 before the Appellate Sessions Court concerned (Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, Adhoc – 1, Pathanamthitta). As per the impugned appellate judgment rendered on 3.3.2006, the Criminal Appeal was dismissed confirming the impugned conviction and sentence imposed by the learned Magistrate. The Calendar Case arose before the trial court out of a complaint filed by the Forest Range Officer, Goodrical, in Ocurrence Report No.12 of 1995 of Plappally Police Station against the two accused for the offences punishable under Sec.27 (3)(iv) of the Kerala Forest (Amendment) Act,1993 and Sec.51 of the Wildlife (Prote