Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 168 · Decided 12 September 1984
Sheoratan Agarwal & Another v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 168 · [1985] 1 S.C.R. 719
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 452/1984
- Decided
- 12 September 1984
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, D.P. MADON (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 397, 482; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Essential Commodities Act. 1955-Section JO-Interpretation of-Company contravening an order made under s.3-Whether the person in-charge or an officer of the company at the relevant period can be prosecuted separately without pro­ secuting the company. The two appellants, who were the Managing were prosecuted by the respondent for alleged violations by their company of clauses 2 (c) (i) and 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Pulses. Edible Oil Seeds and Edible Oil Dealers Licensing Order, 1977 and clause 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Essential Commodities (Price Exhibition and Price Control) Order,
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