CHET RAM Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) KHEM Karan, J. Heard, Shri Rishad Murtaza, holding brief for Shri Imtiyaz Murtaza, learned counsel for the appellant, learned Additional Government Advocate and perused the record received from the trial Court.

(2.) THE present criminal appeal by Chet Ram is directed against the judgment and order dated 12-1-1984, passed by Shri B. I. S. Sodhi, the then Special Judge, Har-doi by which he convicted the appellant under Section 3/7 of Essential Com modities Act and sentenced him to a period of two years R. I.

(3.) THE prosecution examined Ram Abhilakh Singh as P. W. 1, the defence ex amined Pahadi Singh (D. W. 1), Nanhey Lal (D. W. 2), Reghubar Singh (D. W. 3) and Harishankar (as D. W. 4) and also filed few papers marked Ext. Kha-1 to Kha-4. Jagdish Prasad and Maqbool Hussain who examined as C. W. 1 and C. W. 2 respectively.