I.A. Ansari, J.

1. This revision is directed against the judgment and order, dated 23.9.1996, passed by the learned Session Judge, Sonitpur, Tezpur, in Criminal Appeal No. 16(S-3)/1996, whereby the appeal dismissed upholding the judgment and order, dated 30.5.1996, passed by the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Biswanath Chariali, in CR Case No. 783/1991, convicting the accused-petitioners under Section 16 read with Section 7 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (in short, "PFA Act") and sentencing each of them to suffer simple imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 1000/- each and, in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for a further period of four months.

2. The case against the accused-petitioners, as unfolded at the trial, may, in brief, be stated as follows :

On 11.7.1991, Sri Sonaram Baruah, a Food Inspector, accompanied by his office peon, Samnur Ali, visited the grocery shop of the accused-petitioners No. 1, namely, Golap Chandra Prasad Gupta, which was run under the name and style of "M/s Lakhi Store", situated at Biswanath Chariali. The accused-petitioners No. 1 above-named, though owner of the said shop, was abse