THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No. 941 OF 2001 DATED 15TH JUNE, 2010. BETWEEN M/s Agni Labs (P) Limited, rep. By Managing Director Jayanth Tagor, and anr. … petitioner/Accused and The AssistantCommissioner (Legal) Customs & Central Excise, Hyderabad …..Respondent/Complainant. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No. 941 OF 2001 ORDER: 1. This Criminal revision case under Sections 397 and 401 of Cr.P.C. arises out of the judgment dated 03.08.2001 in Criminal Appeal No. 184 of 1998 passed by the learned Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, whereunder and whereby the conviction and sentence imposed by the learned Special Judge for Economic Oﬀences in the order dated 17.7.1998 inC.C.No. 28 of 1996 was modified, convicting the petitioners herein under Sections 140 and 135(1)(a)(ii) of the Customs Act and Sections 9(1)(b), 9(1)(bb) and 9AA of the Central Excise & Salt Act. 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor for the Central Excise and Customs. 3. The learned Counsel after arguing for some time, conﬁned their submissions in connection with the imposition of sentence. 4. Admittedly the occurrence took place in the year 1992 and after lapse of eighteen years now the revision has come up for adjudication before this Court. It is represented by the learned Counsel for the petitioners that the second petitioner is now aged about 42 years, married and having school going children and he has already closed the unit and only the Accused No.3 is carrying on the activity of manufacturing in the ﬁrm. Considering all the facts and circumstances of the case and the submission of the Pubic Prosecutor, and as no serious objections are forthcoming for modifying the sentences, this Court, in the interest of justice and for just decision in the case, disposed of the Criminal Revision Case modiﬁed the sentence imposed by the lower Appellate Court as follows. 5. The conviction imposed and modiﬁed by the lower appellate Court against the accused is conﬁrmed. As far as sentence of imprisonment is concerned, the imprisonment of sentence ordered by the lower appellate Court against the ﬁrst and second petitioners/Accused under Sections 140 and 135 (1)(a)(ii) of the Customs Act, and, 9(1)(b) and 9(1) (bb) of the Central Excise and Salt Act respectively is set aside and they are directed to pay a sum of Rs.20,000/- each apart from the ﬁne amount imposed by the Courts below. In so far as the imprisonment of sentence imposed against A.3 under Section 9 (AA) of the Central Excise and Salt Act is concerned, the same is set aside and he is directed to pay a sum of Rs.10,000/- apart from the ﬁne amount imposed by the Courts below. The Accused are directed to pay the amounts ordered by this Court within four weeks from the date of a copy of this order is made ready. 6. Subject to the above modiﬁcation in sentence, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. --------------------------- -- JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO DATED 15-06-2010. Msnr.