Judgment

R L Narasimham, C J

[1] This is a revision petition against the appellate judgment of the Sessions Judge of Bhawanipatna, maintaining the conviction of the petitioners under Section 500 I P. C. and the sentence of fine of RS. 60/- passed on each of them by a First Class Magistrate of Nawapara.

[2] The six petitioners are all Thelis living in village' Jinjera, P. S. Jank, in Nawapara Sub-division of Kalahandi District. In Baisakh of 1954 the marriage of the niece of one Udiram Sahu (P. W. 2) of Dumirpani village, in P. S. Jank, with the son of one Sakhi Chand Sahu (P. W. 3) of Jinjera took place. . The said Sakhi Chand is the Sammandhi of the complainant Biswambar Sahu. Along with the 'Baraf party of Sakhi Chand the complainant Biswambar Sahu and other relations of his went to Dumirpani, to the house of Udiram Sahu for the purpose of the marriage. It was learnt that a letter (marked X) had been sent to Udiram Sahu by the petitioner in which it was alleged that the complainant Biswambar had been outcasted by his caste people and also by the people of his basti for about two and a half years.

Udiram Sahu naturally got very much perturbed on receiving this letter inasmuch as, i