JUDGMENT :

SYED AFTAB HUSAIN RIZVI, J.

1. Heard Sri. S.B. Maurya, learned A.G.A. assisted by Sri. Anshuman Singh, learned A.G.A. for the appellant and Sri. Saurabh Basu, learned counsel for the respondent.

2. This Government Appeal has been filed against the part of the judgment and order dated 17.03.2020 by which the respondent (accused) has been acquitted for charges under Section 143 (1) and 143 (2) of the Railways Act in Criminal Case No. 7461 of 2019 (State of U.P. vs. Chandrakant Purohit and Another) passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhansi. By the same judgment, the co-accused Chandrakant Purohit has been convicted for offence under Section 143 (1) of the Railways Act which is not a matter in issue in this appeal.

3. The prosecution case is that co-accused Chandrakant Purohit is an authorized agent of IRCTC but in greed of more money, he used to sell etickets using his personal ID and reservation tickets from PRS window to the needy persons. On the information received the police party of Railway Protection Force, lead by SI - Hari Ram Yaday accompanying with constable Vikas Vyas and constable Yogendra Khare raided the premises of Anjali Travels where Chandrakant P