( 1 ) THESE are two connected revisions filed by two persons who had stood surety for one Lalta who had been convicted and sentenced Under Section 379 I. P. C. by a Magistrate of the 1st class. He was convicted oh the 31-5-1955 and on the same day an appeal was filed in the Court of Session. An application was then moved for bail. On the 1-6-1955 the learned Sessions Judge passed an order that the accused be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bail bond in the sum of Rs. 1000/- and two sureties in the like amount each to the satisfaction of the magistrate concerned. These two applicants filed surety bonds and on the execution of those bonds the accused was released on bail. After that Lalta appeared on the 19-7-1955 before the appellate court but thereafter he never appeared before the court of Session. According to the judgment of the Sessions Judge the notices were given to the sureties to produce Lalta and they took time to produce him but they failed. Ultimately the appeal was heard on the 24-H-1955 in the absence of the appellant and was dismissed. Thereafter the sureties were required to show cause why penalty provided in their bail bonds be not i