The petitioner was convicted by the Assistant Sessions Judge, Coimbatore, under section 211, Indian Penal Code, and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years. His appeal to the Sessions having been dismissed, he has come to this Court in revision.

The material facts are these. About 8-30 p.m. on 15th October, 1947, when the petitioner Guruswami was on the verandah of his garden shed, he received certain injuries either as the result of a gun shot or as the result of the explosion of a country bomb. He was taken to the hospital at Udamalpet where he was examined and attended to by the local Assistant Surgeon. His cousin, also called Guruswami, went to the police station at Udamalpet at about 9-30 p.m. and told the Sub-Inspector and the Circle Inspector that the petitioner had been shot and that he had been brought to the hospital. The Sub-Inspector did not take down this statement of Guruswami in writing. Instead, he merely made an entry in the General Diary to this effect:

"21-30 hours. G. Guruswami Naidu of Chinnakomarapalayam stated that Sri Guruswami has been shot and the injured man has been brought to the. hospital. I go to hospital with the Circle Inspec