211 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:23.03.2026 Satish Kumar …Petitioner vs.

State through Govt. Food …Respondent Inspector, Panipat Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present : Mr.Vipul Thakur, Advocate for Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Rajiv Sidhu, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

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N.S.Shekhawat J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner has filed the present revision petition against the impugned judgment dated 29.09.2008 passed by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Panipat and the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 14.08.2007 passed by the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panipat, whereby, the petitioner was convicted for the commission of offences punishable under Section 7 read with Section 16(1)(a) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-

alongwith default stipulation.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 15.04.1998, Shri K.K. Sharma, Govt. Inspector, Panipat (hereinafter called as GFI) alongwith Dr. Tejinder Kharbanda inspected the premises of appellant and found him selling, inter alia, red