Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 148 · Decided 6 May 1971
Food Inspector, Calicut Corporation v. Cherukattil Gopalan and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 148 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 721
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 281/1968
- Decided
- 6 May 1971
- Bench
- C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, A.N. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 258(1)
Headnote
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954)-Section 16 (l)(a)(i)-Sale of Food for ana/ysit-To be guilty of offence under section, food need not be intended for sale and person selling need not be a dealer. A sale of an article of food for analysis being "sale" within the mean- of food sold to the Food Inspector, if found to be adulterated. the M:Cuse<i will be guilty of an offence punishable under s. l6(1)(a)(i) read with s. 7 of the Act. The article of food purchased by the Food Inspector need not nave been taken out from a larg~r quantity intended for .sale and
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