Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 499 · Decided 1 November 2000
Ram Lal v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 499 · [2000] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 321
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1271/1999
- Decided
- 1 November 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Criminal law: Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954: Section 2(v)-Food-Camel 's milk-Human consumption-Fitness for­ Held: Camel's milk is rich and nutritious-It contains fatty acid and its protein content is the same as in cow's milk-Hence camel's milk is fit for human consumption. A B c sample if the article is not food article. Section 16(/)(a)(i)-Camel's milk-Adding water-Held: Is prohibited under R.44-Hence is an offence-Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, R.44. E Section 16(1) First proviso-Sentence-Minimum sentence-Adequate and special reasons-Existence of-Held: If there
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