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The result of my above findings, is to find both the accused guilty u/s 292 I.P.C. and I convict both of them accordingly.
Next question arises as to what punishment should be inflicted.
Considering the facts and other connected matters I sentence both of them to pay a fine of Rs. 201/- each in default to undergo S. 1 for two months each.
Let the pages from 174 to 226 of Ext. 1 be destroyed under the provisions of Section 521 Cr. P.C. after the period of appeal be over."

In the case of Ranjit D. Udeshi v. State of Maharashtra, [1965] 1 S.C.R. 65 this Court had to decide the question of constitutional validity of S. 292 I.P.C. and had also to interpret the word 'obscene' used in the said Section. This Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Section and the question of validity of the said section is, therefore, no longer open and has not been very appropriately challenged in the present case. On the question of interpretation of the word 'obscene' in S. 292 I.P.C. this Court observed at pp. 73-74 :-