( 1 ) NADIR Ali Barq Zaidi, Abdul Hamid Khan, Wajid Ali, Pritam Singh, Shujat Ali Khan Rahher, tulsi Das and Abdul Majid Khan were tried before the Additional Sessions Judge of Moradabad for offence which fell under three main heads: first, that during the period the l5th June 1952 to the 2nd August 1952 they along with some persons unknown were party to a criminal conspiracy to commit the offence of cheating in the towns of Moradabad and Chandausi and were thereby guilty of an offence punishable under Section 120b I. P. C. , second, that in pursuance of the conspiracy aforesaid they opened a firm entitled "bharat Helpers" and by making false statements, misrepresentation of facts, suppression of material particulars and other subtle devices dishonestly and fraudulently induced many members of the public to deliver various sums of money to them, in particular 26 named individuals, and were thereby guilty of an offence under Section 420 I. P. C. and third, that having been entrusted by various members of the public with sums of money they committed criminal breach of trust with respect to a sum of rs. 11,701/10/9 out of the total amount entrusted, and were thereby guilty o