THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.818 of 2005 ORDER: This Criminal Revision Case under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioner-appellant against the judgment, dated 27.09.2002, rendered in Criminal Appeal No.11 of 2001 by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kurnool. Initially, the petitioner-accused was prosecuted in Rc.CS1 EC.96 of 2000 by the Joint Collector, Kurnool, where under the learned Joint Collector ordered confiscation of entire seized stocks for contravention of Clause 3 under the A.P. Prevention of Hoarding of Foodgrains Order 1973 and Clause 3 under the APSCD(L & D) Order, 1982 for doing business without licence. Challenging the same, he preferred an appeal. The learned Sessions Judge dismissed the appeal confirming the orders passed by the Joint Collector. Aggrieved over the same, petitioner filed the present revision. Heard. It is pertinent to mention here that the appeal is of the year 2001. The learned officer, and the appellate Court has also given cogent reasons stating that at the time of seizure, no records were produced and the defence taken by the petitioner herein is that he is owning a land of Ac.3.00 cents and also he is cultivating the land of one Abdul Sattar on lease and out of the said land he got 100 bags of paddy. To substantiate the same, no documentary evidence is produced by the petitioner herein and also it is the case of the prosecution that the petitioner has no valid licence to procure and stock the said paddy in the rice mill. In view of the concurrent findings of the lower Court as well as the appellate Court, this court is of the view that there is no need to interfere with the orders passed by the Joint Collector and confirmed by the appellate Court. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is dismissed for devoid of merits. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Date:27.01.2011 Rns