This is a criminal revision case filed against the conviction and sentence of the learned District Magistrate of Tirunelveli in C.C.No.249 of 1951, and confirmed by the learned Sessions Judge of Tirunelveli in C.A.No.51 of 1952.

The short facts are: On information received from P.W.5, the Circle Inspector of Police, Tirunelveli town (P.W.7), arranged for a raid of the premises bearing door No.41, Kanagaraya Mudukku Street, Tirunelveli Town, which was said to be run as a brothel by the accused in this case, on the night of 15th November 1951. The Circle Inspector (P.W.7) was said to have been accompanied by the Sub-Inspector, Tirunelveli Town, and two search witnesses, of whom P.W.4, the village munsiff is one and another a constable. On reaching the southern end of Kanagaraya Mudukku Street, P.W.7 is said to have met P.W.2, the trap witness in this case. This witness was asked by the Circle Inspector to go to the house of the accused and have sexual congress there with the accused and for this he is said to have been given a marked ten-rupee note. P.W.2 states that he went to the house of the accused and found there the accused and another woman Lakshmi Ammal. This P.W.2 is s