STATE OF PUNJAB Vs. TEJA SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN this appeal preferred by the State of Punjab against the acquittal of the respondent on a charge under Section 16 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, three salient legal issues arise, which can be conveniently formulated in the following terms:

(2.) WHETHER the Court is entitled to assume a slight or reasonable margin of error in the conclusions recorded by the Public Analyst during the course of analysis of the milk?

(3.) WHETHER a negligible or marginal deviation from the prescribed standards laid down by the Act can be ignored and acquittal recorded on that basis?