,RRi P.W ;: A n fcl.%fc i,Q..£:2.^ 3:^^^^^^ss%^^^^^ ?^^^s^.:. gs^i^ TS .THB^TRB SQTTRT O? AT-.TABAI.PTO :.Rt :w erlnlnal Appeal ./95 APPSLLAHT8 S (IN 7%a-) BBSPOI.WIT s 1, Bannsrs^n @ HohgnS/o aannlwas ageid 23 yesrs* - §. Saaat Ktia&r S/o Wsn^tea slngh Thatear aged 38 yesrs. 'QoVh r/o Sayels Tatealspur fll^f-t. .Bilaspar (M.P.) ' . , W'RSTTS Siafs Of W.P. •tla'oagh .- ':. • .•.-fe. ,' . ' POltee 'gtalsion eaar'BIa^;:: . • 'Blstt. Silaspid"':;(R'»l>»^ •: •)•' i-:: .i: I '^' ',i . 1ii < ^ 3&.^.^?" r-ffTwigAL AppMi. mma. Ss"n@s. r'RTIffffAL PB©f®B^S '%'«^'.^:.v. g.. •^",''\ •f^ '••'l'. -' ::'-'T'- ^ iff^ffiB 80BB"051 -*<»- H ',!^ ^•' ^ :fc,.:"^ a HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASFUR SB : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRITINKBR DrWAKBR CR.A.NQ, 682/1995 APPELLANTS RESPONDBNT versus Rainnarayaa @ Mohan & Auother State of Madhya Pradesh Shri Malay Kuinar Bhaduri, counsel for the appcllaats. Shri Neeraj Mehta, P.L. for the State. APPLICATION U/S 374 (21 OF THB CR.P.C. JIXDGMBNT (22.07.2010) This appeal ts directed agaaast the judgiaent dated. 29.4.95 passedbyfhe Special Judge, Bflaspur in Special Case No. 1/87 convictiDg fte aceused/appeUant No. 1 for fhe ofFence pimishable under Section 3/7 oftfae EssentSal Cominodities Act & appellant No.2 for the offence punishable uiider Section 8/7 of the Essential Coxmnodities Act aad sentencing fbieia to undeigo rigorous iinprisonment for sbc inonfhs and to pay fm.e of Rs. 2000 each, ia default offine to furfher undei^o RI for one and hatfnionths. /• 2. The allegation against fhe accused/appeUaats is fhat on fhe date ofiucident i.e. 21.1.87 fhey were iUegally transportiug 12& bags of rice ia a tuck wifhout haviag vatud license for fh.e same aad fhus tfapy have violated the provisions ofM.P. Chaval Adhiprapti (^Jdgarhaii) Aadesh, 1970. 3. In support ofits case, Qie prosecution has exaaiined four witnesses. Statement of the accused/appeUants were also rccorded under Section 313 offhe Cr.P.C. in which ttiey denied fhe charges leveUed against theui aad pleaded their innocence and false uuplication in the case. This apart, one defence .isifaieSs has also'been exaiained by thein in support of tfaeir case. '. '^. ' -. -'P'S"! S ^ f:^-" -• ^ 4. Aflser hearmg coiinsel for fhe pardes, fhe trial Court bas convicted and sentenced tiie accused/appeUaats for fhe offence as nientioned above. Hence this appeal. 5. Counselfor the appeUauts submlts that he is not pressiag this appeal as far as it relates to conviction part of the impugned judgment and wouM coiifine his arguiuent to thc seatence part fhereof only. According to hiin, the iacident is said to have taken place atoOut 23 years back, the appellaut No.2 has atoeady .jeinaiaed iu jail for about 7 days, ttic appellaut N0.1 is aged about 51 years whereas the appeUaut N0.2 is now aged about 56 years, no useful purpose would be served in agaui Sending the appeUaats to jail aud it would be in the inteiest of justice if the senteuce uaposed on fheia is reduced axid they be sentenced ouly wifh fine amount. He has placed his strong reliaace ia. fhe latest deciston of the HonTsle Apex Court ia the matfer of SS/s. KPG Llfe Sctences LtA. Se Anr. Vs. State of TeunII Nadu urith SVs. Sri Mdhcawer Pharma Agenales Vs. State of Tnmil JVadu reported in 2010 AIR SCW 3159 whcreia it has been held that fhe iacident occurred 25 years back, in. the facts and circuinstances conviction of accused inamtained, but iastead of sending theni to serve out fhree inonths of imprisoiunent, sentence of fine substantiaUy iacreased. 5. To this, couasel for fhe State has no serious objection. 6. In view of above, fhe conviction part of the unpugned judgment is mamtaiaed. Instead of sending fhe appeHahts to jail, the fiqfi aruoiint of Rs. 2,000 each, imposed by fhe trial Couirt is'enhanced to Rs. 15,000 each. Appeal fhus, partly succeeds. Appellaats ar&odirected to deposit the additional i auiount of Rs. 15,000 each, withiaa period offive months fix>m the date of receipt of copy of fhis oider aad if fhis aniount is not deposifed wifhin the said period, this orderwoiild not be ofauy avail to fhe accuaed and fhev wiU havc to serve out the sentence ^. asairectedby thie trial Court. j ~ Appealfhus,paritysucceeds. j Pritinker Oiwafeer 1 Judge