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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 364/1998 State of Rajasthan ----Appellant Versus Udai Singh son of Vagat Singh Rajput b/c Rajput r/o Bhawrana Tehsil Salumber Distt. Udaipur. (Raj.)

----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr. NS Chandawat, Dy.G.A.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Anil Mehta HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI

Order

09/04/2026

1. The State has preferred the present appeal against the judgment dated 06.11.1997 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate No. 2, Udaipur, whereby the accused-respondent has been acquitted of the charges under Sections 7/16 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954.

2. The brief facts of the case, in a nutshell, are that on

13.10.1987, the Food Inspector, Ram Sevak Gupta, took a sample of groundnut oil from the shop of the respondent. As per the prosecution case, upon examination by the Public Analyst, the sample was found to be adulterated, and consequently, a complaint under Sections 7/16 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 came to be filed.

3. The accused appeared before the trial court, and the substance of accusation was explained to him. Thereafter, the prosecutio