Supreme Court · 1982 INSC 96 · Decided 14 December 1982
Food Inspector, Municipal Corporation, Baroda v. Madanlal Ramlal Sharma and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1982 INSC 96 · [1983] 2 S.C.R. 9
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 605/1981
- Decided
- 14 December 1982
- Bench
- D.A. DESAI, R.B. MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Prevent/on of Food Adultlralion Act, 1954-Pr~Parati~n of sample for anoly1is-Milk and Milk preparations including curd-Churning by hand makes sample homogeneous and representa'tiv~Law does not 'rtQuire ChuMing by any instrument. The re-spondfut · was convicted and seOtCDced rOr an offence l! complaint that a sample of curd purchased from his shop had been found not to confotm ·to the standard pres­ cribed. He preferred an appeal and the Sessions Judge acquitted him on the short ground that the sa:mple was not hoaiogeneous and representative of the Curd purchased as the
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