The petitioner has been convicted under Section 167 of the Ranbir Penal Code and sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 50/- in default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for one week.

The prosecution case was that the petitioner who was a Patwari of village Goel Tehsil Jammu and was charged with the preparation of the revenue record intentionally made a false entry in the revenue record pertaining to Khasra No. 808/452 of the said village. According to the prosecution, the previous entries described one Mohan Lal as a co-sharer proprietor of plot and the possession of the complainant Gopal Singh was recorded as Gair maoroosi bila lagan bawajah tasawar malkiyat khud."(That is to say as a tenant paying no rent but asserting adverse possession) The petitioner is alleged to have changed this entry in Kharif 1960 by showing, Gopal Singh as a tentant paying half rent to the proprietor. The allegation of the complainant was that as the petitioner had demanded some bribe from the complainant, who in fact, paid some amount of money to the Patwari but not the full amount which he desired, hence the petitioner made a false entry with respect

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