This Criminal Appeal, under Section 374(2) of Cr.P.C., is filed by accused No.3 in Sessions Case No.365 of 2015 on the file of the I Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad (for short, ‘the trial Court’), questioning the judgment dated 28.10.2016, whereby the trial Court convicted accused No.3 along with other accused under Section 235(2) Cr.P.C. for the offence punishable under Section 3(3) of the Passport Act (Entry into India) 1920, Sections 14(a) & (b) and 14-A(b) of the Foreigners Act, 1946, as amended in 2004, Section 4 r/w 5 of the Registration of the Foreigners Act, 1939, and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year for the offence under Section 3(3) of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920; to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for one month for the offence under Section 14(a) & (b) of the Foreigners Act, 1946; to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for two months; and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months for the offence under Section 4 r/w 5 of the Registration of the Foreigners Act, 1939. The trial Court directed that all the sentences shall run concurrently and set the accused at liberty to set off the period of remand.
