Karunaratne V. Inspector Of Police

1947 Present; Dias J.

KARUNARATNE, Appellant, and INSPECTOR OF POLICE,
Bambalapitiya, Respondent.

S. C. 378-M. C. Colombo South, 8,959.

Joinder of charges--Theft-Assisting in concealment of stolen property-No irregularity-Penal Code, ss. 367, 396.

It is not irregular to join a charge of theft under section 367 of the Penal Code with a charge of assisting in the concealment of stolen property under section 396.

Rahim v. Silva (1934) 2 C. L. W. 476, not followed.

APPEAL against a conviction from the Magistrate's Court, Colombo South.

No appearance for the accused, appellant.

J. G. T. Weeraratne, C.C., for the Attorney-General.

Cur. adv. vult.

 June 20, 1947. DIAS J.-

The appellant and one Edwin were jointly charged as follows:-(1) that on October 22, 1946, they committed theft of an electro magnetine fertilizing machine", the property of the Colombo Municipal Council, an offence punishable under section 367 of the Penal Code, and (2) in the alternative that they dishonestly disposed of that machine to one Jainul Abdeen of Skinner's Road knowing or having reason to believe that it was stolen property, an offence punishable

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