Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 109 · Decided 15 April 1965
Jagdish Prasad v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 109 · [1965] 3 S.C.R. 806
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 43/1965
- Decided
- 15 April 1965
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, RAGHUBAR DAYAL, R.S. BACHAWAT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
PRASAD v. STATE OF U.P. April 15, 1965 [A. -K. SARKAR, RAGHUBAR DAYAL AND R. S. BACHAWAT, JJ.J Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954-Higher punwhment for "second o:[J'ence"·-Meaning of "second offence"-Whether offence of the same type or offence subsequent in tim~, which had been coloured with a prohibited dye. Treating the latter conviction as a "second offence" under s. 16(1) of the Act the Trial Court sentenced the appellant to two years D imprisonment. Having failed to get r.edress in the High Court he appealed to this Court by special
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