Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 845 · Decided 31 July 2019
Vijendra v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 845 · [2019] 10 S.C.R. 790
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1167/2019
- Decided
- 31 July 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954: ss. 7(1)/16(1)(a)(i),10(7) and 13(2) - Notice by Food Inspector (Complainant) suspecting adulteration in the milk - Sample of milk purchased by complainant in the presence of public witness (PW3) - Sample sent to Public Analyst - Analyst - Complaint filed before Magistrate - Report of the Public Analyst sent to the accused by registered post after 19 days of filing the complaint - During trial PW3 turned hostile - Plea of non- compliance of ss. 10(7) and 13(2) taken - The Magistrate, the
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