HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.R.C.NO. 2511 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Revision Case is filed challenging the order dated 21.6.2011 passed in Criminal Appeal No. 22 of 2011 by the learned District and Sessions Judge-cum-Appellate Authority under Essential Commodities Act, Visakhapatnam, whereby he confiscated seized stocks to the extent of 25%. Heard and perused the record. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there are no specific charges attributing clandestine business against the petitioner; charge Nos. 3 to 6 are inter connected and they are all one charge and allegations are minor in nature; if any lapses in following the guidelines, the inspecting authority could have issued necessary instruction instead of seizing the ground stocks; charges are vague and authority has failed to appreciate the explanation; petitioner prays that the confiscation proceedings may be set aside. A perusal of the orders under revision discloses that initially the Joint Collector has confiscated 50% of seized stocks. In the appeal preferred by the petitioner, the appellate authority has confiscated 25% of the seized stocks. The learned appellate authority has observed that this is not a case of the complainant that essential commodities were entrusted by the Government to the appellant to distribute the same to the cardholders in public. The fault on the part of the petitioner is that he failed to maintain true and correct accounts as a licensee and violated the terms and conditions of the license issued to him and it is a clear violation of the conditions under APSCD (L, R & S) Order, 2008. Considering the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner and also in view of the facts and circumstances, the confiscation of 25% of seized stocks as ordered by the learned appellate authority-cum-Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam is reduced to 15%. The Criminal Revision Case is disposed of accordingly. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J 23.12.2011 CHV