Hon'ble J.J. Munir,J.

1. This criminal revision is directed against the judgment and order of Shri Yashpal Lukadia, the then 11th Additional Sessions Judge, Agra dated 07.06.1996 in Criminal Appeal No. 65 of 1995 dismissing the appeal of the revisionist Hakim Singh preferred from a judgment and order of Sri S.C. Garg, the then IXth Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra dated 22.07.1995 convicting the revisionist under Section 332 IPC and sentencing him to suffer six months rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 200/- and further convicting him for an offence punishable under Section 147 IPC, wherefor a sentence of 6 months rigorous imprisonment has been awarded, in addition to which fine of Rs. 200/- has been imposed. Both sentences have been ordered to run concurrently.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 14.06.1986 at about 6:00 in the evening hours the complainant Gautam Singh, a forest guard along with his companion Bharat Singh Pal, another forest guard were on their beat in the Kunwer Khera Forest Block when they discovered stumps of trees that had been recently cut away. Both the forest guards reached fields located between Mungawali Forest Block and