IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
Kolipaka Venkateswara Rao @ Babji, S/o. Sayudulu – Appellant
Versus
State of A.P, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravati. – Respondent
ORDER :
Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J.
The Revision has been preferred under Section 397 and 401 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.,’) challenging the judgment dated 08.06.2010 in Crl.A.No.248 of 2006 on the file of the learned VIII Additional District & Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court), Krishna District at Vijayawada, confirming the judgment dated 07.11.2006 in C.C.No.496 of 2003 on the file of the learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada, whereby and whereunder the Petitioner/sole Accused was found guilty of the offence under Section 411 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (for short ‘the I.P.C.,’) and convicted under Section 248(2) of ‘the Cr.P.C.,’ and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and also a fine of Rs.5,000/-, and in default of payment of fine, the Petitioner shall suffer simple imprisonment for a period of two months.
2. I have heard the arguments of the learned counsel for the revisionist and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor.
3. Sri G.V.S. Mehar Kumar, learned Counsel for the Petitioner, while reiterating the grounds of the Revision, argued that there was no identification of property marked under Ex.M.O
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