The petitioner who was acting as the President of Karamadai Co-operative Marketing Society, Dayanur, Kallampalayaam Village, Avinashi Taluk, was tried in C.C.No.375 of 1979, on the file of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Tiruppur, for offences under Secs.409, 477-A and 467, Indian Indian Indian Penal Code, found guilty thereof and sentenced to undergo imprisonment till raising of Court and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000 in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months for the offence under Sec.409, Indian Indian Indian Penal Code and imprisonment till raising of Court and to pay a fine of Rs.500 on each count, in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months under Sec.467 and 47A, Indian Indian Indian Penal Code. The sentences were directed to run concurrently:

2. The aggrieved petitioner preferred Crl.A.No.680 of 1978 before the Court of Sessions, Coimbatore. The appellate Court agreed with the findings of the trial Magistrate and confirmed the convictions and sentences imposed on the petitioner and dismissed the appeal.

3. A few facts may be necessary for the disposal of this revision. The allegation against the petitioner was that between 7.1.