IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present:-

HON’BLE JUSTICE CHAITALI CHATTERJEE DAS.

CRA 65 OF 1992 GURUPADA PAUL

VS

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL

Amicus Curiae : Mr. Soham Banerjee, Adv. For the State : Ms. Manisha Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Debadrita Mondal., Adv.

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CHAITALI CHATTERJEE DAS, J. :-

1. This appeal under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been

filed by the appellant against an order of conviction under Section 7 (i)(a)(ii) of the Acts of 1955, on the pretext of the contravention of the West Bengal, rice and paddy (licensing, and control) 1967 and sentences to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three months to be ₹300 passed by the Learned Judge,

Special Court at Mala on 15.1.1992, in Special Case no. 24 of 1990.

2. The prosecution case in a nut shell is that on 12.7.1990 in between 1 P.M. and

3 P.M. , S.I M.N. Chatterjee , D.E.O Sadar Malda along with S.I, K.S Das, D.E.O, Gazole ,Constable S. Pathak apprehended a mini truck no. WGR 2467,

carrying 62 bags of paddy weighing 35 quintals at Kaluadighi Bridge. Dilip Kumar Pal was the driver and accused Gurupada Pal was the