JUDGMENT

1. In these oases tried together as one case the accused are charged with having adulterated Ghee. The proceedings have unfortunately been very protracted. There were originally three oases ending in conviction, which came up to this Court. The Criminal Bench differed in their opinion and there was a reference to a third Judge which resulted in a remand. Their judgments are reported as Grande Venkata Ratnan v. Corporation of Calcutta 46 Ind. Cas. 593 : 22 C.W.N. 745 : 28 C.L.J 82 : 19 Cr.L.J. 753. The retrial extended over 7 months. Five experts were examined and a large number of text books and scientific journals was used. At the re trial both the accused have been convicted in respect of two samples of Gouranga Brand Ghee which were taken by the Corporation on the 31st October 1917, and sentenced u/s 495-A, Sub-section (1), to pay fines. In respect of the sample taken on the 27th November 1917 which formed the subject-matter of the third case, the learned Magistrate held that "the Corporation analysis of the sample was not as complete as it might have been." He was "not prepared to arrive at a finding of undoubted adulteration so far as that sample was concerned and alth