Order:- This Revision arises out of an order passed by the Special First Class Magistrate, Chidambaram, in Summary Trial Case No. 614 of 1962 on his file. The charge in that case was one under section 447, Indian Penal Code, for Criminal trespass. The learned Magistrate appears to have examined four witnesses on the side of the prosecution and an equal number on the side of the defence. But he disposed of the case with the following sentence under the heading ‘Finding’ and in the case of conviction, a brief statement of the reasons therefor". "From the evidence, both documentary and oral, I find a clear case has been made out under section 447, Indian Penal Code, against the accused, and, finding him guilty, I sentence him to pay a fine of Rs. 10 in default to suffer S.I. for 10 days." It is not seriously contended, either by the Public Prosecutor or by the Counsel appearing for the complainant that this disposal satisfied the requirements of law, namely giving brief statement of the reasons for conviction. In Govindan v. Emperor1, Horwill, J., observed: "A brief statement of their reasons would necessitate at least a short summary of what the prosecution witnesses had said, so as to indicate that the evidence had made out the case with which the accused had been charged, and also an indication that the Magistrates had believed that evidence. If there was defence evidence, it would further perhaps be necessary to say why they preferred the evidence of the prosecution to that of the defendant. " I am in respectful agreement with these observations. In the case before me, four witnesses had been examined on the side of the defence, but there is hardly any whisper about the evidence of these witnesses. I am satisfied that, in the circumstances the order convicting the petitioner cannot be upheld. It is unnecessary, having regard to the nature of the charge, that the case should be sent back for fresh trial. The petitioner is, therefore, acquitted. K.S. ------ Petition allowed.