That you, Accused 1 to 9 on or about 19 9 1953 to 5 11 53 agreed to do by illegal means to wit, A 1 being a public servant in the Central Excise Department dishonestly sold two blank T.P. 1 books for Rs. 350 to one late Jogayya and obtained pecuniary advantage for himself and A 2 to A 8 and that A 9 forged 7 T.P. 1 forms, out of the above two books, which forged T.P. 1s were used by A 2, A 3, A 5, A 7, A 8 with the assistance of A 4 and A 6 and cheated the merchants of Markapur and Cumbum by using the said forged T.P. 1s for the above purpose of cheating; and that the above acts were done by all of you in pursuance of a conspiracy and that thereby you A 1 have committed an offence punishable under Section 120B of the I.P.C. read with and (d) punishable under Sec.