1. This is defendants' appeal against the preliminary decree in a suit for rendition of accounts.

2. The defendants were the guardians of the property of the plaintiff, appointed by the Additional District Judge, Bilaspur, in Guardian and Wards case No. 53 of 1932. They took possession of the property, both movable and immovable, in February 1933 (according to the defendants on the 19th March 1933. and were in possession till the 13th May 1942 when they put the plaintiff in possession of property as per inventories.

3. During the period of their management the defendants exhibited to the Court abstracts of accounts from the 19th March 1933 to 13th May 1942. On an application made by the plaintiff to direct the defendants to render accounts of their management, the Court directed the plaintiff to institute a civil suit for rendition of accounts and did not grant a discharge to the defendants under S. 41, sub-s. (4. of the Guardians and Wards Act, hereinafter referred to as the Act.

4. The plaintiff's case is that these accounts were not only inaccurate and discrepant with the books of account maintained by the defendants but were also ''fraudulent, false and bogus'' as shown in