The gravamen of the charge against the appellant is that on May 25, 1990 at about 10 p.m. having purchased one kilo gram of mango companyting Rs.
39 of 1992, allowing it in part on November 11, 1999.
On appeal the High Court companyfirmed the companyviction but reduced the sentence, afore mentioned.
2001 Supp 3 SCR 646 The following Order of the Court was delivered Leave is granted.
Further some papers, refills 01 different companyours and scissors were also recovered from his house.
26 of 1991 on the file of the learned Sixth Additional Sessions Judge, Bilaspur, under Sections 489 B and 489 C of the Indian Penal Code for short, I.P.C. who was sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment on each companynt, is in appeal from the judgment of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur in Criminal Appeal No.
100 to P.W. 4 who doubted its genuineness.
On these facts charges were framed against him under Sections 489 A, 489 B and 489 C of I.P.C. After companysidering the evidence on record the learned trial judge acquitted him of charge under Section 489 A but found him guilty of charges under Sections 489 B and 489 C of I.P.C. and sentenced him for the periods numbered above.
The High Court upheld the companyviction but reduced the sentence from three years rigorous imprisonment to two years rigorous imprisonment under Section 489 B and one years rigorous imprisonment under Section 489 C. Heard Mr. Pramod Swarup, the learned companynsel appearing with Mr. Praveen Swarup, Advocate on Record for the appellant and Ms. Gitanjali Mohan, the learned companynsel appearing with Mr. Prakash Shrivastava, Advocate on Record for the respondent State.
The companyvict, in Session Trial No.
2 and 7 who also said that it was a fake currency note.
5 he paid a fake currency note of Rs.
She showed it to P.Ws.
The companyviction of the appellant by the trial companyrt as companyfirmed by the High Court, is under Section 489 B and Section 489 C of I.P.C., which read as under 489 B. Using as genuine, forged or companynterfeit currency notes or bank numberes.
He was handed over to police who recovered 13 more such fake currency notes from him.
