The present Criminal Miscellaneous Petition came to be filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) seeking clarification of the judgment of this Court in Crl.R.C.No.535 of 2014, dated 24.04.2015. Hence the same is posted under the caption ‘for being mentioned’.

The facts which lead to filing of the present petition are as under:

By an order dated 24.04.2015, this Court, while disposing of Crl.R.C.No.535 of 2015 modified the order of confiscation from 16% to 8%. It was a case where the petitioners herein were owners of a wholesale kirana shop, which was being run in the name and style of M/s.S.S.Stores, Turakabadi Veedhi, Narsipatnam. When the authorities inspected the shop, they found certain variations in the ground stock with the entries made in the Register. Hence the entire stock was seized and proceedings under Section 6A of the Essential Commodities Act were initiated. After calling for an explanation and after conducting enquiry, the District Collector rejected the defence put forth by the petitioners and accordingly ordered confiscation to an extent of 33% of the seized stock. The said order was questioned by way of filing Crl.A.No.20 of 2014