CHAKRAPANI Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE Munsif Magistrate at Hindaun convicted the accused Chakrapani of an offence under section 228 Penal Code and sentenced him to a fine of Rs. 200/- on the 19th of April, 1949, after a summary trial under section 480 Cr. P. C. THE Additional Sessions Judge Gangapore, on appeal by the accused on the 17th of September, 1949, reduced the fine from Rs. 200/- to Rs. 100/-, but upheld the conviction. THE accused has now filed this revision application against the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Gangapore.

(2.) THE facts of the case, briefly speaking, are that in a civil case which was pending in the court of the Munsif Hindaun, the court inspected the site of the disputed property on the 19th of April 1949, when at the time of the inspection both the parties quarrelled and it is said that the accused used such language was as considered derogatory for the Munsif. THE accused was thereupon arrested and after a summary trial convicted on the same day.