(1.) The Income Tax Department has filed these appeals under Sec. 377 of Cr.P.C. against the sentence on the ground of its inadequacy. The details of these appeals are as under:
(2.) The judgment of conviction and order on sentence has been passed by the Special Court for Economic Offences, Bengaluru, Special Court established under Sec. 280-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter for the sake of brevity referred to as the 'I.T. Act, 1961'). A special Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class has been established under notification dtd. 1/9/1982 bearing No. LAW/106/LCE 79 issued by the Government of Karnataka reads as under:
(3.) The order pursuant to which the above notification is issued reads as under: