JUDGMENT :

S.V. PINTO, J.

1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant – State under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Code’) against the impugned judgment and the order passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Padra (hereinafter referred to as ‘the learned Trial Court’) in Criminal Case No.4109 of 1993 on 28.07.2021, whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondent- accused from the offences punishable under Sections 2 (ia)(a)(b)(c), 7(i), 7(v) and 16(1)(i-a)(2) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the PFA Act’) and Rule-29 of the FOOD ADULTERATION RULES , 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the “FA Rules”).

1.1. The respondents are hereinafter referred to as ‘the accused’ as they stood in the rank and file in the original case, for the sake of convenience, clarity