This is a Criminal Revision Petition filed against the convictions and sentences of the learned Sessions Judge of Chittoor division in C.A. No. 49 of 1950 confirming the convictions and modifying the sentences of the learned District Magistrate of Chittoor in C.C. No. 216 of 1950.

The established facts are: The accused are Muslims. They have been living near the house of a Muslim girl P.W. 1 who was under the lawful guardianship of her father P.W. 2. The girl was unmarried at the time of the occurrence and her age was 15 and was living with her father P.W. 2 and brother P.W. 3 in Mangasamudram, a suburb of Chittoor. On account of these accused being Muslims and neighbours they have been frequenting the house of P.W. 2 and have been on friendly terms with P.Ws. 1 to 3. On the evening of 13th July, 1950, at about 5 p.m. the second accused came to the girl P.W. 1 while her parents had gone to another village and gave her a chit of paper. On seeing P.W. 3 enter the house, P.W. 1 tore off the paper into bits and threw them away. Subsequently these bits have been collected and handed over to the Sub-Inspector and have been pieced together and exhibited as P-I. The second accused th