{"id":48606,"date":"2010-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/indra-mal-vs-state-on-15-april-2010"},"modified":"2018-01-06T12:47:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T07:17:29","slug":"indra-mal-vs-state-on-15-april-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/indra-mal-vs-state-on-15-april-2010","title":{"rendered":"Indra Mal vs State on 15 April, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Rajasthan High Court &#8211; Jodhpur<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Indra Mal vs State on 15 April, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>                                  1\n\n            S.B.CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO.359\/1993\n            Indra Mal      Vs. The State of Rajasthan\n\n\nDATE OF ORDER              :      15th April 2010\n\n       HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI\n\nMr.R.K.Charan,for the petitioner.\nMr.Mahipal Bishnoi,Public Prosecutor for State.\n\n                                  ....\n\nBY THE COURT<\/pre>\n<p>       This revision petition is directed against the judgment<\/p>\n<p>and order dated 23.09.1993 as passed by the Special Judge<\/p>\n<p>and Additional Sessions Judge, Pratapgarh in Criminal Appeal<\/p>\n<p>No.4\/1992 (Old No.192\/1983) whereby the learned Appellate<\/p>\n<p>Judge dismissed the appeal and affirmed the judgment and<\/p>\n<p>order dated 25.08.1983 as passed by the Judicial Magistrate,<\/p>\n<p>Pratapgarh       in Criminal Case No.555\/1976 convicting the<\/p>\n<p>accused-petitioner for the offence under Section 7\/16 of the<\/p>\n<p>Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (&#8216;the Act of 1954&#8242;)<\/p>\n<p>and sentencing him to 6 months&#8217; rigorous imprisonment and<\/p>\n<p>fine   of    Rs.1,000\/-   with   stipulation   of   further   rigorous<\/p>\n<p>imprisonment for 3 months in default of payment of fine.<\/p>\n<p>       The accused-petitioner was charged of the offence<\/p>\n<p>aforesaid on the accusation that on 28.07.1976 at about<\/p>\n<p>8:00 a.m., the Food Inspector, Ramdhan (PW-1) purchased<\/p>\n<p>660 ml. of milk from the petitioner; and upon analysis, its<\/p>\n<p>sample was found adulterated for the reason of &#8220;containing<\/p>\n<p>about 19% of added water&#8221;. It was alleged that the report<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                   2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>dated 07.08.1976 (Ex.P\/4) as received from the Public Health<\/p>\n<p>Laboratory, Udaipur was supplied to the petitioner on<\/p>\n<p>18.08.1976.       The complaint whereupon   the petitioner was<\/p>\n<p>proceeded against was filed in the Court on 15.09.1976.<\/p>\n<p>      The learned Magistrate took the evidence led by the<\/p>\n<p>prosecution; and, in the statement as recorded under Section<\/p>\n<p>313 Cr.P.C., the accused-petitioner denied the circumstances<\/p>\n<p>appearing against him in the evidence with further submission<\/p>\n<p>that he was having the licence of working as Halvai and was<\/p>\n<p>not selling milk.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The learned Magistrate, after hearing the parties, found<\/p>\n<p>proved the prosecution case and held the petitioner guilty of<\/p>\n<p>offence under Section 7\/16 of the Act of 1954. The learned<\/p>\n<p>Additional Sessions Judge endorsed the views of the learned<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate and dismissed the appeal filed by the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>      Various submissions were made on behalf of the<\/p>\n<p>accused-petitioner in this matter     against prosecution case<\/p>\n<p>including   the     one   about   want of compliance    of     the<\/p>\n<p>requirements of Section 13 (2) of the Act of 1954.        In this<\/p>\n<p>regard, the learned Magistrate observed that the Food<\/p>\n<p>Inspector received the report of the analyst on 18.08.1976<\/p>\n<p>and on the same day          delivered a copy thereof     to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner wherefrom the petitioner was aware of the fact that<\/p>\n<p>sample was found adulterated and he could have exercised<\/p>\n<p>his right to get the sample examined from the Central Food<\/p>\n<p>Laboratory.    The same submissions were made before the<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>learned Appellate Judge       but were rejected, again with<\/p>\n<p>reference to the statement of the Food Inspector, Ramdhan<\/p>\n<p>(PW-1)    about having delivered the copy of report to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner and having obtained the receipt thereof.<\/p>\n<p>      Assailing the orders so passed by the learned<\/p>\n<p>Subordinate Courts, the learned counsel for the petitioner has<\/p>\n<p>urged various contentions including the one that the entire trial<\/p>\n<p>stands vitiated fundamentally for non-compliance of the<\/p>\n<p>requirements of Section 13 (2) of the Act of 1954 inasmuch as<\/p>\n<p>the prosecution failed to supply the copy of the report of the<\/p>\n<p>result of the analysis to the petitioner after institution of the<\/p>\n<p>prosecution and with information that if so desired, he could<\/p>\n<p>make an application to the Court within 10 days from the date<\/p>\n<p>of receipt of the copy of the report to get the sample analysed<\/p>\n<p>by   the Central Food Laboratory.          The learned counsel<\/p>\n<p>submitted that mere endorsement of the report to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner and that too before institution of the prosecution,<\/p>\n<p>cannot be said to be the compliance to the requirements of the<\/p>\n<p>Section 13 (2) of the Act of 1954 and on this count alone, for<\/p>\n<p>the direct prejudice having been caused to the petitioner, the<\/p>\n<p>impugned judgment and order deserves to be set aside and<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner deserves to be acquitted.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The learned Public Prosecutor, on the other hand,<\/p>\n<p>submitted that the copy of the report was indeed supplied to<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner on very day the same was received by the Food<\/p>\n<p>Inspector; and there had not been want of compliance of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                    4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Section 13 (2) ibid.\n<\/p>\n<p>       Without going into any other question sought to be<\/p>\n<p>raised on behalf of the petitioner, this Court is of the opinion<\/p>\n<p>that this revision petition deserves to succeed for non-<\/p>\n<p>compliance of Section 13 (2) of the Act of 1954 and for<\/p>\n<p>unexplained    delay     in   launching      the    prosecution.       The<\/p>\n<p>provisions contained in Section 13 (2) had been as under:-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                &#8220;On receipt of the report of the result of the<br \/>\n        analysis under sub-section (1) to the effect that the<br \/>\n        article of food is adulterated, the Local (Health) Authority<br \/>\n        shall, after the institution of prosecution against the<br \/>\n        persons from whom the sample of the article of food was<br \/>\n        taken and the person, if any, whose name, address and<br \/>\n        other particulars have been disclosed under section 14A,<br \/>\n        forward, in such manner as may be prescribed, a copy of<br \/>\n        the report of the result of the analysis to such person or<br \/>\n        persons, as the case may be, informing such person or<br \/>\n        persons that if it is so desired, either or both of them may<br \/>\n        make an application to the court within a period of ten<br \/>\n        days from the date of receipt of the copy of the report to<br \/>\n        get the sample of the article of food kept by the Local<br \/>\n        (Health) Authority analysed by the Central Food<br \/>\n        Laboratory.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>       In the present case, what the Food Inspector did was<\/p>\n<p>to endorse on 18.08.1976 a copy of the report dated<\/p>\n<p>07.08.1976 as received from the Public Analyst                    to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner and then, got the complaint filed in the Court only on<\/p>\n<p>15.09.1976. There does not appear any information having<\/p>\n<p>been given to the petitioner that he could made an application<\/p>\n<p>to the Court within 10 days of the date of receipt of copy of the<\/p>\n<p>report to get the sample analysed             by the      Central Food<\/p>\n<p>Laboratory. Moreover, such copy of the report was given to<\/p>\n<p>the accused-petitioner even before institution of prosecution<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and not after such institution. The facts of the case show that<\/p>\n<p>the article involved had been milk and the sample was<\/p>\n<p>collected on 28.07.1976. There is nothing on record to bring<\/p>\n<p>satisfaction as to why     the prosecution was not launched<\/p>\n<p>immediately upon receipt of the report on 18.08.1976 and as<\/p>\n<p>to why the complaint was filed about a month later, i.e., only<\/p>\n<p>on 15.09.1976?      Such a delay itself was likely to have the<\/p>\n<p>effect on the sample     and even the      repeat analysis from<\/p>\n<p>Central Food Laboratory, if resorted to after launching of<\/p>\n<p>prosecution, was likely to be farcical.   For unexplained delay<\/p>\n<p>in launching of prosecution coupled with want of compliance of<\/p>\n<p>all the requirements of Section 13 (2) of the Act of 1954, this<\/p>\n<p>Court is clearly of opinion that the petitioner was entitled to be<\/p>\n<p>acquitted.\n<\/p>\n<p>          The learned Subordinate Courts having ignored the<\/p>\n<p>mandatory requirements of Section 13 (2) of the Act of 1954<\/p>\n<p>and having failed to take notice of the relevant facts and<\/p>\n<p>surrounding circumstances, the impugned orders stand<\/p>\n<p>vitiated for illegality and impropriety and, thus, deserve to be<\/p>\n<p>set aside.\n<\/p>\n<p>         Accordingly and in view of what has been discussed<\/p>\n<p>above, this revision petition is allowed; the impugned<\/p>\n<p>judgments and orders are set aside; and the petitioner stands<\/p>\n<p>acquitted. The bail bonds stand cancelled.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre>s.soni                          (DINESH MAHESHWARI),J.\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajasthan High Court &#8211; Jodhpur Indra Mal vs State on 15 April, 2010 1 S.B.CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO.359\/1993 Indra Mal Vs. The State of Rajasthan DATE OF ORDER : 15th April 2010 HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI Mr.R.K.Charan,for the petitioner. Mr.Mahipal Bishnoi,Public Prosecutor for State. &#8230;. 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