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6. The result is, that the appeal cannot be heard and must be dismissed.
Devadoss, J.
7. This is an appeal presented under Section 419, Criminal Procedure Code, by one Kunhammad Haji against his conviction By the Special First Class Magistrate of Tirur, under Section 436, Indian Penal Code. The appellant presented, under Section 420, Criminal Procedure Code, what is commonly known as a Jail appeal, which was dismissed by Mr. J us lice Krishnan, the Vacation Judge of 1922, with the remark "the appeal is out of time, and there is no proper ground for excusing the delay and the case is proved against the accused by the prosecution evidence which there is no reason to discredit. The sentence is a correct." Mr. Srinivasa Gopaiacbari who appears for the appellant urges that the judgment of Krishnan, J., on the appeal presented by the appellant through the Superintendent of Jails was passed without jurisdiction, and that this Court has power to hear the appeal presented by him on the merits.