GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON ASHOK JHA V/S UNION OF INDIA AND ANR

GUWAHATI, India, Jan. 12 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Dec. 11:

1. Heard learned counsel Mr. A.K. Gupta for the petitioner Ashok Jha who has filed this application under Section 401 r/w Section 397 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the legality and propriety of the order dated 20.02.2015 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge -1 (FTC), Tinsukia in Criminal Appeal No.9 (2)/2012 dismissing the appeal by upholding the judgment and order 30.03.2012 passed in SRCR Case No. 36/2011 by the trial court, whereby the petitioner was convicted under Section 143 1 (b) of the Railways Act, 1989 (the Act of 1989 for short) and sentencing him to undergo simple imprisonment for two months and to pay a fine ...