New Delhi, May 1 -- While taking a serious view of a case connected with black marketing of LPG Cylinders at exorbitant prices, a CBI court has recently imposed a fine of Rs. 28 lakh on the convicted and sentenced the partners till the rise of the court. The CBI had registered a case under the Essential Commodities Act 1955 in 2010.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Neetu Nagar sentenced Vanita Ghosh and Kapil Gupta till rising of the court for the offences under the Essential Commodities Act and imposed a fine of Rs 70,000 each and a Rs 60,000 fine on the firm Sivanikka Enterprise through its partners Ghosh and Gupta.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs. 26 lakh for the wrongful gain to the tune of Rs. 25,77,508 to the convic...