JUDGMENT

Moti Sagar, J. - This is an application for revision of an appellate order passed by the Sessions Judge of Amritsar, dated the 17th of January, 1924. The petitioner, Jaswant Singh who is a jeweller, has been found guilty of an offence under Section 186 of the Indian Penal Code, and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 200 by the trial Magistrate. On appeal his conviction has been upheld, but the learned Sessions Judge has also found that the sentence awarded is inadequate and that it should be enhanced to three months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 500. He has accordingly referred the case to this Court under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with the recommendation that the sentence be enhanced as above indicated. The application for revision and the reference will both be disposed of by one judgments The facts are fully stated in the judgment of the learned Sessions Judge and need not be repeated here at length. Briefly stated, they are as follows:

On the 10th of May, 1923, one Ballia, a chowkidar, was stabbed early in the morning by Some person or persons unknown in the Taksal Bazaar in Amritsar. A large crowd collected on the spot and removed the injured