LAWS(P&H)-1950-7-19

PREM NATH Vs. THE STATE

Decided On July 12, 1950
PREM NATH Appellant
V/S
THE STATE Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PREM Nath son of Tulsi Ram was convicted under Section 420, Penal Code, in the Court of Special Railway Magistrate, Atubala Cantonment on 3l -10 1949, and was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six months. On 8 -12 -1949, he was surrendered to the Patiala and Bast Punjab States Union to stand his trial in the Court of the Additional District; Magistrate Faridkot. He was kept in the District Jail, Faridkot, between 10 -12 -1949 and 16 -5.1960, and re* surrendered to the Jail authorities in the Punjab State on 17 -5 -1960.

(2.) PREM Nath, now applies to this Court that the period between 8 -12 -1949, to 16 -5 -1950 should be taken into account in determining whether he has served the period of imprisonment imposed upon him by the Special Railway Magistrate, Ambala Cantonment on 31 -10 -1949.

(3.) IN these proceedings no one has appeared on behalf of the prisoner.