Supreme Court of India

Harendra Nath Chakraborty v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2008] 17 S.C.R. 1439
Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 19 December 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that no failure of justice has occasioned nor the trial was in any way unfair.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1955: S. 7(1)(a)(ii) proviso- Dealer in kerosene - Convicted and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment for non-display of stock and prices - Sentence reduced to 3 months by High Court - Held: As the appeal of the accused was admitted by High Court only on the question of sentence, neither High Court nor Supreme Court was required to go into merits of the matter - However, on merits also, no failure of justice has occasioned 0 nor was the trial in any way unfair - High Court, having taken into consideration entire facts and circumstances, reduced the sentence of

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