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to show that the accused petitioners had committed any
mischief which was punishable under Section 427 Indian
Penal Code. So far as other offences are concerned, as
referred to above, under Section 12-AA(2) of the
Essential Commodities Act, 1955, as applicable at the
relevant time, the Special Court was competent to try
other offences alongwith an offence under the Essential
Commodities Act only if those offences were triable in a
summary way. In this view of the matter, the substantive
offences under Sections 420 and 161 Indian Penal Code
could not be tried by the Special Court alongwith the
offence under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities
Act.