The gravamen of that charge against Chauhan is that he abetted the appellant in making a false entry in the diary and manipulating the record to fit in with that false entry ' The Additional Sessions judge considered the following three points in connection with the said offence (1) Whether Chauhan abetted Maulud Ahmad in making false entries in the General Diary of Police Station Mailani ? (2) Whether Chauhan deposited his gun at Police Station Mailani in the night between Dccember 14 and 15, 1956, and got the entry of the deposit in the General Diary antedated, i. e. according to the entry the gun was shown to be deposited on December 13, 1956, at 18 45 hours and whether Chauhan did it after consultation with Dilawar ? (3) Whether Maulud Ahmad (accused) made false entries in the General Diary of Police Station Mailani with the intention to save or knowing it likely that he would thereby save the offenders from legal punishment and by that false entry he was trying to get the evidence of the offences under sections 304 A of the Indian Penal Code and 26 of the Indian Forest Act to disappear ? The learned Judge found on the third point that the appellant intentionally falsified the official record with a view to save Chauhan but he acquitted Chauhan by giving him the benefit of doubt on the ground that his signature was not found against the 44 entry of deposit of the gun on December 13, 1956, and also against the entry of the return of the gun on December 18, 1956.