C. Chatterjee, Suprakash Bannerjee and Sukumar Ghose, for the respondent.
H. Dhebar, V. D. Mahajan and B. R. G. K. Achar, for the appellant.
Appeal from the judgment and order dated September 15, 1965 of the Bihar High Court in Criminal Revision No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Ramaswami, J. The question of law presented for determina tion in this appeal is whether the respondent S. K. Roy is the ,owner of a companyl mine within the meaning of s. 2 b and 2 e of the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Bonus Schemes Act, 1948 Act 46 of 1948 , hereinafter called the Act.
The respondent was prosecuted under para 70 of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme hereinafter called the Scheme for violation of cls.
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The respondent went in appeal to the Sessions Judge, who dismissed the appeal and companyfirmed the sentence imposed by the Magistrate.
a , d and f of paragraph 70 read with paragraphs 33A, 38, 42 and 69A of the Scheme.
It was alleged that the respondent had failed to pay the companytribution for the Provident, Fund, both employers and employees from April, 1960 to November, 1960 and had failed to submit returns in Form H with companyresponding declaration in Form A and the statement in Form P as provided under the Regulations.
158 of 1965.
An Inspector appointed under the Act filed a companyplaint against the respondent alleging that he was the owner of the Bhowra Coke Plant and that he had companytravened certain provisions of the Scheme.
1326 of 1963.
