IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay C.R.A. 227 of 1989 Md. Samsuddin Khan -Vs-

The State of West Bengal For the Appellant : Ms. Debanwita Pramanik Mr. Sajid Hussain For the State : Ms. Faria Hossain Heard on : 22.05.2024, 15.07.2025 Judgment on : 01.08.2025 Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.:-

1. This appeal is preferred against judgment and order dated 25.05.1989 passed by the Learned Judge, Special Court (Essential Commodities Act), Durgapur in T.R. Case No.50 of 1988, thereby convicting the appellant under Section 7(1)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 for violation of Paragraph 3(i) of the West Bengal Rice and Paddy (Licencing and Control) Order, 1967, para II(2) of West Bengal Kerosene Control Order, 1968 and para 3(2) of West Bengal Declaration of Stock and Prices of Essential Commodities Order, 1977 and sentencing him to suffer rigorous imprisonment of 2 years for each violation/provision of three aforesaid control orders, directing the sentences to run concurrently and seized articles to be confiscated, if not already done.

2. The prosecution case precisely stated on 30.10.1988 at the