PROVIDENT FUND INSPECTOR Vs. SITAPUR PLYWOOD MANUFACTURERS LTD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE are 37 Criminal appeals filed by the Provident Fund Inspector, Sitapur. The point involved in all these appeals is the same. I propose to dispose them of by this common judgment.

(2.) THE appeals have been filed beyond the period of prescribed limitation and application for condonation of delay have been filed. A supplementary affidavit has also been filed today which may be placed on record.

(3.) IN the present case, neither the State Government nor the Central Government has directed the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal to the High Court on the ground of inadequacy of sentence. Moreover, the instant case is not a case which was either investigated by the Delhi Police Establishment or by any other agency empowered to make an [INvestigation under any Central Act other than the Code of Criminal Procedure. Thus, the appeals are incompetent and are not maintainable under Section 377, Cr. P.C.