A. S. Nehra, J. - This appeal is directed against the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, dated December 14, 1987, by which the appeal filed by the respondents was allowed and their conviction and sentence under Section 406, Indian Penal Code, was set aside and they were also acquitted of the charge under Section 420, Indian Penal Code, and the fine, if paid was ordered to be refunded to them.

2. The facts of the case, briefly stated, are as under :-

Amrit Singh, appellant, filed a complaint under Sections 406 and 420, Indian Penal Code, against Gurcharan Singh, his father Tarlochan Singh, his mother Motia Wanti and Mohan Singh, brother-in-law of Tarlochan Singh. It was stated therein that the respondents and Gurcharan Singh in connivance with each other had received a sum of Rs. 28,000/- from the appellant and his friend Nirmal Singh in February, 1983 on the pretext that the appellant would be sent abroad. They had also assured the appellant of foreign employment. They had allegedly received a sum of Rs. 28,000/- from the appellant and his friend Nirmal Singh and took them to Bombay, where both of them were made to stay for three months and eleven days. The