CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1219 of 1987 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD Criminal Appeal No. - 1219 of 1987 Prakash …..Petitioners(s) Versus State …..Respondents(s) Counsel for Petitioners(s) : V.K. Sharma, Siddharth Jaiswal Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.G.A. A.F.R Judgment Reserved On 8th September, 2025 Judgment Delivered On 18th September, 2025 Court No.-48 HON’BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J. 1. This case is listed under heading, “Supreme Court in Model Action Plan Cases-more than 30 years’ old, not be adjourned.” 2. Heard Sri Siddharth Jaiswal, learned counsel for the appellant and Sri Chandrabadan, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. Present criminal appeal is preferred against judgment and sentence dated 10.04.1987 passed by Special Judge (Economic Offences), Agra (the Sessions Court) in Criminal Case No.3 of 1985 ( State Versus Prakash) for offence under Sections 7 read with Section 3 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955, Police Station Hari Parvat, Agra, whereby the Trial Court has punished the accused-appellant for rigorous 2 Criminal Appeal No. - 1219 of 1987 imprisonment of six months for violating Clause 3 of U.P. Foodgrains Dealers’ (Licensing and Restriction on Hoarding) Order, 1976, along with fine of Rs.1000/-and i