Horace Owen Compton Beasley, Kt., C.J.

1. This is an appeal by the first accused in S.C. No. 41 of 1935 in the Sessions Court of Coimbatore. The appellant was convicted of an offence punishable under Section 392, Indian Penal Code, namely, robbery, as a result of the unanimous verdict of the jury. He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years by the learned Sessions Judge.

2. Five other accused were charged with the appellant under Section 120-B read with Section 384, Indian Penal Code and the appellant was also charged with accused 1 to 4 and the sixth accused with extortion, Section 384, Indian Penal Code and with the same accused with dacoity, Section 395, Indian Penal Code. The appellant was acquitted on the other charges by the learned Sessions Judge and all the other accused were acquitted on all the charges.

3. Briefly put, the prosecution case was that the Zamindar of Ramupatnam was engaged in an illicit amour with the appellants wife, Satyabama. She wrote to him passionate letters and he replied in terms that left no doubt as to his relations with her. On the 28th December, 1934, the appellant, having come into possession of the letters written by the Zamind