LAWS(ALL)-1965-10-14

STATE OF U P Vs. RATAN CHAND

Decided On October 29, 1965
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Appellant
V/S
RATAN CHAND Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal, by the State of Uttar Pradesh, has been directed against an order of acquittal recorded by the learned Additional Sessions Judge of Etawah, in a case under Rule 125 of the Defence of India Rules.

(2.) THE facts of the case lie in a short compass.

(3.) ON the 1st of March, 1963, the Central Government promulgated an Order called 'the Essential Articles (Price Control) Order, 1863' which, inter alia, provided that: Every dealer shall cause to be prominently displayed on a special board to be maintained for this purpose at or near the entrance to the place of sale: