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Gunga Prosad Gupta Vs. Emperor
Court: Kolkata
Decided on: Oct-25-1944
Reported in: AIR1945Cal360
Sharpe, J.1. The petitioner has been convicted under Rule 81(4), Defence of India Rules, of contravention of Clause (4), Bengal Essential Food Stuffs Anti-hoarding Order of 1944, by-having in his possession 5 maunds and 20 seers of sugar and sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 100, in default, two months' further rigorous imprisonment. The prosecution case was that the complainant, who is described as a supervisor, Post Raid Information Service, saw a hand-cart on which were two bags and being suspicious, he questioned the hand-cart puller who told him that the bags contained sugar and, on being further asked as to where the sugar had been obtained, referred him to the petitioner. He then said that the petitioner being questioned admitted that the sugar was his and that he had brought it from a ration shop. It was further said that the petitioner produced a slip, Ex. 1, which had been altered to show a sale other than the sale for which it had been original...
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