AFR Judgment Reserved on 10.4.2026 Judgment Delivered on 24.4.2026 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1235 of 1988 Pitambar Das .....Appellant(s)

Versus State of U.P.

.....Respondent(s)

Counsel for Appellant(s) : Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, Amrendra Pratap Singh, Bhupendra Nath Singh, Shivendra Kumar Singh, V.C. Katiyar Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.G.A.

Court No. - 39 HON'BLE ABDUL SHAHID, J.

1. Heard Sri Amrendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the appellant, and the learned A.G.A. for the State. The record has been perused.

2. The present criminal appeal has been filed on behalf of the appellant, Pitambar Das, against the impugned judgment and order dated 20.05.1988 passed by the learned Special Judge, E.C. Act, Budaun, in Special Trial Case No. 8 of 1987 (State vs. Pitambar Das), whereby he has been convicted and sentenced to undergo two years’ rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/- under Sections 3/7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

3. The basic prosecution case is that the accused, Pitambar Das, was challenged by the police of Bisauli to stand trial for the offence punishable under Sections 3/7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (