SARJOO PROSAD, C.J.—This is an appeal against the order of the Election Tribunal Pratapgarh, dated 1st December, 1959.

2. The election petition in this case under section 80 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (Act No. XLIII of 1951) hereinafter referred to as "the Act" was filed on the 23rd of April, 1957, by the appellant Inder Lall, an elector in the Chittorgarh Constituency praying that the election of the respondent Shri Lal Singh to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly should be annulled and declared void on account of illegal and corrupt practices which vitiated the election. The elections in the various constituencies took place in February and March, 1957. There appear to have been three contesting candidates at the election. Shri Lal Singh, the first respondent, who was the successful candidate, secured 7272 votes; the second respondent Shri Lakshman Singh, the Maharawal Dungarpur, secured 7261 votes, while the third respondent Shri Chhoga Lal only 569 votes. The result of the election was declared on the nth of March, 1957, and notified in the Rajasthan Rajpatra on 14th March, 1957, and Shri Lal Singh was returned.

3. The grounds on which the election has been chal

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