STATE Vs. MOHAN LAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment dated November 25, 1981 of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhunjhunu acquitting the accused-respondents of the offence under Section 7/16 (I) (c) and (d) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954.

(2.) THE case is more than 13 years old. According to the prosecution it was on December 16, 1976, that Harishanker, Food Inspector, went to the shop of the accused and wanted to purchase 375 grams of groundnut oil as sample. THE accused who are wholesale dealers refused to sell the oil in smaller quantity and offerred that the Food Inspector may purchase the groundnut oil in duly sealed packed tin. THE Food Inspector was not prepared to purchase the entire sealed tin.