On a written companyplaint by PW 4 the appellant was prosecuted under Section 7 1 a ii of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 for companytravention of paragraph 3 2 of the West Bengal Imported Vegetable Oils Prohibition of Unauthorised Sale Order, 1984 in the Court of the Judge, Special Court E.C.Act Hooghly.
each of such rapeseed oil bearing STC mark and they were seized under seizure memo Exh.1 and placed in the zimma of his brother Prabir Kumar Das, PW 1.
P. Sen, J. Leave granted.
Heard learned Counsel for the parties.
It appears that during a raid carried out on 30.8.1986 by Arun Krishna Kundu, PW 4, Sub Inspector of Police attached to the District Enforcement Branch, Hooghly, at the grocery shop of the appellant at Duplexpatty, Chandannagar on receiving information that the appellant was engaged in clandestine business of imported edible rapeseed oil, the appellant was found in possession of two sealed tins of 15 kg.
