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215 specific object that the Promised Messiah as should face disgrace and punishment at the hands of the court. Capt. M. W. Douglas was the District Magistrate of Gurd a sp u r who heard this case against the Promised Messiah as. The enquiry against the Promised Messiah as began on August 10, 1897. In the preliminary report, Capt. Douglas said on the basis of evidence brought before him that he could not possibly charge the Promised Messiah as with any offence. Dr. Clark said in the course of his statement before the District Magistrate of Gurdaspur that he had no intention of instituting any criminal proceedings against the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Movement until July 31, 1897. God informed the Promised Messiah as not only of the impending case, but also of its result before Dr. Clark conceived the idea of institution of criminal proceedings against him. God used to reveal to him hidden secrets of the future and he not only communicated these revelations to those of his disciples who happened to be present at Qadian but also published them by means of paper, hand-bills and pamphlets so that their fulfilment might create faith in the hearts of men and they might know that God speaks even now as He used to speak to His prophets in days gone. In his judgement on the case, Capt. Douglas delivered on August 23, 1897, said that there was no case against the Promised Messiah as and there was no option but to discharge him. Capt. Douglas told the Promised Messiah as that he was at liberty to prosecute the witness who was brought against him in the case but the Promised Messiah as declined to take an advantage of the offer of the Magistrate, declaring that his case was pending before God Almighty and that he would not initiate any proceeding against his enemy in the court of law. How the whole thing unfolded and turned against the Christian Missionary is now a matter of record. ‘Abdul H am i d, the “hired and tutored witness” of Dr. Clark, on whose testimony the whole case was built up, gave up and revealed the whole conspiracy how he was taken