IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present:-

HON’BLE JUSTICE CHAITALI CHATTERJEE DAS.

CRA 44 OF 1991

RANJIT KUMAR GHOSH

VS

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL

For the Appellant : Mr. Soham Banerjee, Adv.

For the State : Ms. Manisha Sharma, Ld. Jr. Govt. Counsel.

Ms. Snigdha Saha, Adv.

Last heard on : 10.09.2025 Judgement on : 24.09.2025 CHAITALI CHATTERJEE DAS, J. :-

1. This criminal revisional application was filed under Section 374 (2) of the Code

of Criminal Procedure by the applicant against the judgement and order dated January 3, 1991 passed by the Learned Judge, Special Court (E.C), Hooghly in Special Court Case No. 22 of 1989 out of Chinsurah P.S case no. 61, dated 17.3.89 and convicting the accused/applicant under section 7(1)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, for violation of para 4 of West Bengal kerosene control order, 1968 and sentencing him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 3 months and to pay a fine of ₹500 in default to suffer

imprisonment for another one month.

2. The fact of the case is that on 17.3.1989 PW1, S.I, R.N Mondal accompanied by P.W.3 under the supervision of D.E.O (III) went on a raid to Bakultala Ferry Ghat, P.S Chinsurah