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

The Hon’ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas C.R.A. 822 of 2005 Sadananda Kumar -Versus-

The State of West Bengal For the Appellant : Mr. Chitta Ranjan Chakraborty, Mr. Kaseshawar Ghosal, Mr. Sumit Banerjee, Mr. Puspa Rani Jaiswara.

For the State : Mr. Ranabir Roy Chowdhury.

Hearing concluded on : 21.04.2025 Judgment On : 24.04.2025 Prasenjit Biswas, J:-

1. The present appeal is directed against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 16th December, 2005 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 2nd Court, Purulia, in connection with Electric G.R. Case No. 17 of 2005. By the aforesaid judgment, the Trial Court has found the appellant guilty of the offence punishable under Section 135(i)(a) of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003 and sentenced the appellant to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay fine of Rs. 2000/- with default clause.

2. The facts leading to this appeal in short are as follows:

“On 09.02.2005, the S.E.B. personnel being accompanied with police personnel went to village Palpal, P.S. Arsha. On arrival at the spot, they entered into industrial place of this appe