{"id":267107,"date":"2009-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/girishbhai-dahyabhai-shah-vs-c-c-jani-anr-on-31-july-2009"},"modified":"2017-10-12T04:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T22:42:25","slug":"girishbhai-dahyabhai-shah-vs-c-c-jani-anr-on-31-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/girishbhai-dahyabhai-shah-vs-c-c-jani-anr-on-31-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"Girishbhai Dahyabhai Shah vs C.C.Jani & Anr on 31 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
Girishbhai Dahyabhai Shah vs C.C.Jani & Anr on 31 July, 2009<\/div>\n
Bench: Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph<\/div>\n
                                         IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n                             CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n\n                         CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1401 OF 2009\n      [Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No.7555 of 2008]\n\n\nGIRISHBHAI DAHYABHAI SHAH                                           ...     Appellant(s)\n\n\n              Versus\n\nC.C.JANI & ANR.                                                       ...   Respondent(s)\n\n\n\n                                  O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n
              Leave granted.\n<\/p>\n
              This appeal is directed against the final judgment and order dated 21st<\/p>\n
   August, 2008, passed by the Gujarat High Court in Crl.Misc.Appln.No.15068 of 2007,<\/p>\n
   filed under Section 482<\/a> Cr.P.C. for quashing the proceedings arising out of criminal<\/p>\n
   complaint No.58 of 1989, filed by the respondent No.1 herein against the appellant in<\/p>\n
   respect of offences punishable under Sections 16(1)(a)(i)<\/a> of the Prevention of Food<\/p>\n
   Adulteration Act, 1954.\n<\/p>\n
              There is no dispute that the sample of the curd, in respect of which the<\/p>\n
   complaint was filed, was collected on 8th April, 1988, or that the report of the Public<\/p>\n
   Analyst,<\/p>\n
                                       -2-<\/span>
\nwhereupon the appellant applied for examination of the second<\/p>\n
sample on the basis of Section 13(2)<\/a>, was filed on 4th May, 1988, but was made<\/p>\n
available to the appellant only on 17th July, 1989, i.e. 15 months after the samples had<\/p>\n
been collected. On 10th November, 1989, the petitioner had prayed for examination of<\/p>\n
the second sample. The second sample was ultimately sent to the Central Food<\/p>\n
Laboratory on 6th December, 1989, and the report was received on 26th December,<\/p>\n
1989.\n<\/p>\n
         In the petition under Section 482<\/a> Cr.P.C., the appellant had contended that<\/p>\n
the report of the Public Analyst having been served on him only on 17th July, 1989, he<\/p>\n
was not in a position to apply for examination of the second sample to which he was<\/p>\n
entitled in terms of the Section 13(2)<\/a> of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954,<\/p>\n
prior to the said date. It was also his case that since the report had been served on him<\/p>\n
only on 17th July, 1989, by which time the sample of curd had deteriorated, any further<\/p>\n
examination of such sample had become meaningless, thereby depriving him of the<\/p>\n
valuable right conferred on him by Section 13(2)<\/a> of the above Act.<\/p>\n
         The appellant herein also relied on a decision of this Court in the case of
\nMunicipal Corporation of Delhi Vs. Ghisa Ram,          reported in 1967 (2) SCR 116,
\nwherein in similar
\n                                              -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
circumstances involving the same substance, the complaint was sought to be quashed<\/p>\n
on the ground that the sample of curd which had been collected could not have<\/p>\n
retained its qualities beyond a period of four to six months under controlled
\nconditions. Despite the above, the High Court in analysing the provisions of Section<\/p>\n
482<\/a> Cr.P.C. and referring to certain judgments on the point, rejected the appellant’s<\/p>\n
petition under Section 482<\/a> Cr.P.C. and dismissed the same.<\/p>\n
         In this appeal, the same point has been taken and urged on behalf of the<\/p>\n
appellant by Mr. Dave, learned senior counsel appearing in support of the appeal.<\/p>\n
         Section 13(1)<\/a> and (2) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act<\/a>, 1954, reads<\/p>\n
as follows:\n<\/p>\n
                                       “Section 13<\/a>.Report of Public
\n                    analyst.[(1)The public analyst shall deliver, in such
\n                    form as may be prescribed, a report to the Local
\n                    (Health) Authority of the result of the analysis of any
\n                    article of food submitted to him for analysis.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                       (2)On receipt of the report of the
\n                    result of the analysis under sub-section(1) to the
\n                    effect that the article of food is adulterated, the
\n                    Local(Health) Authority shall, after the institution of
\n                    prosecution against the persons from whom the
\n                    sample of the article of food was taken and the
\n                    person, if any, whose name, address and other
\n                    particulars have been disclosed under<\/p>\n
                                      -4-<\/span>
\n                    Section 14A<\/a>, forward, in such manner as may be
\n                    prescribed, a copy of the
\n                    report of the result of the analysis to such person or
\n                    persons, as the case may be, informing such person
\n                    or persons that if it is so desired, either or both of
\n                    them may make an application to the court within a
\n                    period of ten days from the date of receipt of the
\n                    copy of the report to get the sample of the article of
\n                    food kept by the Local (Health) Authority analysed
\n                    by the Central Food Laboratory.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n    It will be apparent from the above, that only on receipt of the report of the Public<\/p>\n
Analyst under sub-Section(1) to the effect that the article of food is adulterated, can a
\nprosecution be launched and a copy of the report could be supplied to the accused.<\/p>\n
Sub-Section(2) also indicates that on receipt of the report the accused could, if he so<\/p>\n
desired, make an application to the court within a period of 10 days form the date of<\/p>\n
the receipt of the copy of the report to get the sample of article of food kept by the<\/p>\n
Local (Health) Authority analysed by the Central Food Laboratory. In other words,<\/p>\n
in the instant case, the appellant was prevented from applying for analysis of the<\/p>\n
second sample before 17th July, 1989, by which time the second sample of curd had<\/p>\n
deteriorated and was not capable of being analysed as was found in the case of Ghisa<\/p>\n
Ram (supra) referred to above.\n<\/p>\n
\n
                                    -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
          In that view of the matter, we are unable to sustain the judgment of the<\/p>\n
High Court impugned in this appeal and we also see no reason to continue with the<\/p>\n
proceedings which have lasted for 28 years in the absence of any valid and reliable<\/p>\n
report with regard to the second sample.\n<\/p>\n
           Accordingly, the appeal is allowed. The order passed by the High Court is<\/p>\n
set aside and the proceeding, being Crl.Complaint No.58 of 1989, pending before the<\/p>\n
Metropolitan Magistrate, Ahmedabad, is quashed.<\/p>\n
                                           ……………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                 (ALTAMAS KABIR)
\n                             ……………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                  (CYRIAC JOSEPH)<\/p>\n
     New Delhi,
\nJuly 31, 2009.\n<\/p>\n
ITEM NO.48            Court No.5        SECTION IIA\n\n       SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n           RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS\n\n<\/pre>\n
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl) No(s).7555\/2008
\n(From the judgement and order dated 21\/08\/2008 in CRLMA No. 15068\/2007 of The HIGH
\nCOURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD)<\/p>\n
GIRISHBHAI DAHYABHAI SHAH                          Petitioner(s)<\/p>\n
          VERSUS<\/p>\n
C.C.JANI & ANR.                         Respondent(s)
\n(With appln(s) for stay and office report ))<\/p>\n
Date: 31\/07\/2009 This Petition was called on for hearing today.<\/p>\n
CORAM :\n<\/p>\n
   HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALTAMAS KABIR
\n   HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE CYRIAC JOSEPH<\/p>\n
For Petitioner(s)          Mr. Dushyant A. Dave,Sr.Adv.\n<\/p>\n
                           Mr. Huzefa Ahmedi,Adv.\n<\/p>\n
                           Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar,Adv.\n<\/p>\n
                           Ms. Bina Madhavan,Adv.\n<\/p>\n
                           Mr. Sajeev Dave,Adv.\n<\/p>\n
                           Mr. Shwetank Sailakwal,Adv.\n<\/p>\n
            for M\/S. Lawyer’S Knit & Co,Adv.\n<\/p>\n
For Respondent(s)            Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv.\n<\/p>\n
                             Ms. Pinky Behera,Adv.\n<\/p>\n
      UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following
\n               ORDER<\/p>\n
               Leave granted.\n<\/p>\n
               The appeal is allowed in terms of the signed order.<\/p>\n
                (Sheetal Dhingra)                                    (Juginder Kaur)\n                  Court Master                                         Court Master\n<\/pre>\n
[Signed reportable order is placed on the file]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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