GURUDEO PRASAD GUPTA vs STATE OF BIHAR — Crl.A. No. 404/1999

Case under Section II-A. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010116211998

Filing Date

27-Jul-1998

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 404/1999

Diary Number

11621/1998

Order Date

22-Apr-2004

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 05-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-A

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.GURUDEO PRASAD GUPTA

    Adv. AKHILESH KUMAR PANDEY

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF BIHAR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 22-Apr-2004

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 27-Jul-1998

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 404/1999

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Summary: Gurudeo Prasad Gupta v. State of Bihar (Crl.A. 404/1999) The Supreme Court allowed the appeal in part on April 22, 2004. It set aside the appellant's conviction and sentence under Section 7(1)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (three months imprisonment) and re-convicted him under Section 7(1)(a)(i), finding that the violation of stock register maintenance requirements under the Bihar Trade Articles (Licences Unification), 1984 fell under the lesser provision with no mandatory minimum sentence. The Court awarded sentence for the period already undergone in custody (approximately two weeks) and discharged the appellant from bail bond liability. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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