CHANDRAKANT PINAYAMAL MOTWANI vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Crl.A. No. 494/2000

Summary: Crl.A. No. 494/2000 – Chandrakant Pinayamal Motwani v. State of Maharashtra The Supreme Court allowed the appeal in part on 2 March 2006. While upholding the conviction under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, the Court reduced the imprisonment sentence to the period already undergone (approximately four days) and increased the fine from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 10,000, with default imprisonment of three months. The fine must be deposited within six weeks, and the appellant was discharged from bail bond liability. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.