Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 642 · Decided 29 April 2009
State of Rajasthan v. Jagdish Prasad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 642 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 175
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 869/2009
- Decided
- 29 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 433
Headnote
L· -~ ~, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 - ss. 7 and 16 A B - Conviction under and imposition of six months RI - High­ Court commuting sentence of six months for fine - C Sustainability of - Held: Not sustainable - Strict adherence to the Act and the Rules framed thereunder is of consumers of articles of food - Stringent laws will have no meaning if offender could get away - with fine - Order of sentence by trial court upheld - For period D of three months, accused given liberty to move the appropriate Government for commutation - Accused not to surrender during the
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