Babu vs Inspector of Police CSCID Virudhunagar — 121/2023

Case under Tn Scheduled Commodities [ Rdcs ] Order, 1982 Section 6(4). Disposed: Contested--Allowed on 24th March 2026.

Case disposed

CRLA - Criminal Appeal

CNR: TNVR080006772023

Filing Number

3404/2023

Filing Date

11-Sep-2023

Registration No

121/2023

Registration Date

11-Sep-2023

Court

Additional District and Sessions Court, Virudhunagar

Judge

1-Additional District Judge

Decision Date

24-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Allowed

Last updated 30-Jun-2026

FIR Details

FIR Number

342

Police Station

VPC-CID

Year

2015

Acts & Sections

Tn Scheduled Commodities [ Rdcs ] Order, 1982 Section 6(4)
Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Section 7(1)a(ii)

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Babu

    Adv. Ramamoorthi

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Inspector of Police CSCID Virudhunagar

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 24-Mar-2026

    Copy of JudgmentView PDF

    Summary of C.A. No. 121/2023 The Additional District Court in Virudhunagar allowed Babu's criminal appeal and acquitted him, setting aside his conviction for hoarding PDS rice under Clause 6(4) of TNSC (RDCS) Order 1982 r/w Section 7(1)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act 1955. The court found the prosecution failed to prove the essential ingredient of the offense—that the rice was specifically purchased using ration family cards—as investigations never established the rice's source. Key evidentiary gaps included absence of independent witnesses, samples collected without proper procedure, and reliance solely on official police testimony without independent corroboration. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 24-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    Additional District Judge

  4. 09-Mar-2026

    Judgement

    Additional District Judge

  5. 04-Mar-2026

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  6. 17-Feb-2026

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  7. 20-Jan-2026

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  8. 05-Dec-2025

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  9. 24-Oct-2025

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  10. 12-Sep-2025

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  11. 06-Aug-2025

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  12. 18-Jun-2025

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  13. 02-Apr-2025

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  14. 19-Feb-2025

    Arguments

    Additional District Judge

  15. 02-Dec-2024

    Appearance

    Additional District Judge

  16. 21-Oct-2024

    Appearance

    Additional District Judge

  17. 23-Jul-2024

    Appearance

    Additional District Judge

  18. 26-Mar-2024

    Appearance

    Additional District Judge

  19. 08-Jan-2024

    Appearance

    Additional District Judge

  20. 04-Dec-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  21. 11-Sep-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. 121/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Summary of C.A. No. 121/2023 The Additional District Court in Virudhunagar allowed Babu's criminal appeal and acquitted him, setting aside his conviction for hoarding PDS rice under Clause 6(4) of TNSC (RDCS) Order 1982 r/w Section 7(1)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act 1955. The court found the prosecution failed to prove the essential ingredient of the offense—that the rice was specifically purchased using ration family cards—as investigations never established the rice's source. Key evidentiary gaps included absence of independent witnesses, samples collected without proper procedure, and reliance solely on official police testimony without independent corroboration. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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