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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
S.V. PINTO
State Of Gujarat – Appellant
Versus
Viththalbhai Vallabhbhai Gajera – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
S.V. PINTO, J.
1. The appeal is filed by the appellant State under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgement and order of acquittal passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Court No. 8, Ahmedabad (hereinafter referred to as “the learned Trial Court”) in Criminal Case No. 74/2000 on 30.09.2011, whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondent for the offence punishable under Sections 7(1) and 7(5) and Section 16 of The Prevention Of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act” for short).
1.1 The respondent is hereinafter referred to as “the accused” as he stood in the original case for the sake of convenience, clarity and brevity.
2. The brief facts that emerge from the record of the case are as under:
2.1 On 30.08.2000 at around 16.00 hours, Babubhai Malsing Ganva, Food Inspector, Ahmedabad visited Shri Shakti Dairy at Noble Nagar, Naroda, District Ahmedabad and found the accused present at the shop and he was selling different brands of pouches of milk for human consumption. After giving the notice, in Form VI, the Food Inspector purchased two pouches of milk of 500 ml each which were pasteurized, stand
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