P.S. SREEKANTADATTA vs EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION — Crl.A. No. 349/2001

Summary: Crl.A. No. 349/2001 - P.S. Sreekantadatta v. ESIC The Supreme Court granted leave and disposed of the appellant's criminal appeal by allowing him to avail the Employees State Insurance Corporation's Amnesty Scheme (introduced February 1, 2000 for cases pending until July 31, 2000). Although the High Court had convicted Sreekantadatta under Sections 85(e) and 85-A of the ESI Act, 1948, sentencing him to two months imprisonment and Rs. 5,000 fine on January 27, 2000—just four days before the scheme's introduction—the Court found the minimal time gap insufficient to deny amnesty benefit. The prosecution was consequently withdrawn, and the appellant was relieved from serving the sentence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.