ORDER :

V. Srinivas, J.

Assailing the judgment dated 12.03.2012 in Crl.A.No.15 of 2010 on the file of the Court of learned I Additional Sessions Judge, West Godavari at Eluru, confirming the conviction and sentence passed by the judgment dated 11.01.2010 in C.C.No.774 of 2007 on the file of the Court of learned II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Eluru, for the charge under Section 7(i) and 2(ia)(i) punishable under Section 16(1-A)(ii) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the “PFA Act”) and Rule 23 and 29 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955(hereinafter referred to as the “PFA Rules”), the petitioners/accused filed the present criminal revision case under Section 397 r/w.401 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973.

2. The revision case was admitted on 14.03.2012 and the sentence of imprisonment imposed against the petitioner was suspended, vide orders in Crl.R.C.M.P.No.682 of 2012.

3. The shorn of prosecution case is that :

(i). On 16.04.2007 at about 10.40 a.m., P.W.1-Food Inspector, visited the Kirana premises of the petitioner and found an open polythene gunny bag containing approximately 20 Kgs. of dall, on enquiry h