Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 584 · Decided 22 April 2009
Ramjee Prasad & ANR. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 584 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 70
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 692/2002
- Decided
- 22 April 2009
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, J.M. PANCHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
7 S.C.R. 70 RAMJEE PRASAD & ANR. V. STATE OF BIHAR Criminal Appeal No. 692 of 2002 APRIL 22, 2009 (HARJIT SINGH BEDI AND J.M. PANCHAL, JJ.) PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1954: ss. 16( 1 )( a)(i) and (ii) - Conviction by trial court u/s c 16(1)(a)(i) on the charge that the food article 16(1 )(a)(ii)- Held: Evidence required for recording conviction under the two 0 clauses would be distinct and different - Prejudice is writ large ~ more particularly as the ingredients. of the two provisions are substantially different, and evidence of one can lead to a finding of guilt for the
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