BALDEV RAJ Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner was convicted under section 16(1)(a)(1) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (hereinafter called the Act) and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 1000/- and in default of payment of fine, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for four months by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kurushetra, on 19-10-1985. The appeal filed by the petitioner was dismissed by the Sessions Judge, KUrukshetra, on 24.7.1986.

(2.) BRIEFLY stated, the facts of the prosecution are as under:

(3.) THE trial court held that the case of the prosecution stands established from the testimony of the witnesses; that the accused-petitioner was in possession of 30 Kgs of cow milk for public sale; that the sample after analysis was found to be below the prescribed standard and that, as such, the petitioner was guilty of the offence punishable under section 16(1)(i) of the Act.