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1999 DIGILAW 928 (RAJ)

Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti Bhilwara, through Secretary, Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, Bhilwara v. State of Rajasthan

1999-07-27

G.L.GUPTA

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JUDGMENT 1. -This appeal under sections 378 Cr.P.C. has been directed against the order of acquittal of the respondent recorded by the learned Judicial Magistrate, Gangapur on 31.5.1983. 2. The respondent No. 2 was prosecuted for having contravened provisions of Sections 4 & 17 of the Rajasthan Agriculture Product Market Act, 1961 punishable under section 28 of the Act. After recording the evidence and hearing learned counsel for the parties, the learned Magistrate held that if the contravention was done it was M/s. Ramdhan Mohanlal and the prosecution has not been able to establish as to how accused-Bhanwar Lal was concerned with the affairs of the firm. 3. It may be that Bhanwar Lal is the father of Ram Pal who was proprietor of the firm but by that it cannot he presumed that Blianwar Lal conducted business of the firm. Under Section 4 of the Act a person can be convicted when he does business without obtaining proper licence. As the appellant failed to prove that the respondent was the person who conducted business in the 'Mandl' area, the acquittal of the respondent cannot be interfered. 4. The duty to deposit the market fee arises from R. 59 of the Rajasthan Agriculture Produce Market Rules, 1963. As it was not established that the market fee was recovered by the respondent, he could not he convicted for the contravention of Section 18 also. 5. Having gone through the judgment of the trial Court I do not find that the judgment of the trial Court is manifestly erroneously or wholly unsustainable. 6. Consequently, there is no merit in the petition, which is hereby dismissed.Appeal dismissed. *******