ORDER:- Petitioner Subramaniam was convicted u/Ss. 447, 379 and 188 I.P.C. and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two months on each of the first two counts and simple imprisonment for one month on the last count, by the Sub-Magistrate, Tindivanam, and the sentences were ordered to run concurrently. But the learned District Magistrate, South Arcot, on appeal set aside the convictions u/Ss. 447 and 379 I.P.C. and the sentences imposed in respect of the same, but confirmed the conviction of the petitioner only under S. 188 I.P.C. and modified the sentence to one of fine of Rs. 100 in default to undergo simple imprisonment for one week.

2. The complaint in this case was referred by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Villupuram, on the ground that an order passed in M.C. 189 of 1962 on the file of that court on 13-11-1962 was disobeyed by the petitioner on 12-5-1966. The petitioner was the tenth respondent in the proceedings under Sec. 145 Crl. P. C. and he claimed item 8 in the schedule of properties in the said petition, which is the subject-matter of the present case, as having been taken by him on lease from the original owner, Padmanabha Gramani. It should be riote