  The Crab nebula has proved to be the nearest to a standard candle in VHE
$\gamma-$ ray astronomy. Results on the gamma ray emission from the nebula at
various energies have come in the last decade mostly from imaging telescopes.
The aim of the new Pachmarhi Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope (PACT) array has
been to use the temporal and spatial distribution of Cerenkov photons in
distinguishing between proton and gamma ray showers. The array, with timing
information from 175 mirrors, is ideally suited for precise estimation of the
arrival direction. Preliminary results from the recent data taken on Crab has
shown a 12$\sigma$ signal with the flux in good agreement with those of the
other experiments.
