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Corporation of Calcutta Vs. United Oil Mills and anr.
Court: Kolkata
Decided on: Jan-11-1968
Reported in: AIR1968Cal342,1968CriLJ912
T.P. Mukherji, J. 1. The Corporation of Calcutta filed this appeal with the special leave of the Court under Section 417 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the acquittal of the two respondents in a case under Section 16 (i) (a) (i)/7(i) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. Section 7 of the Act prohibits manufacture for sale, or storage, or tale or distribution of any adulterated food and Section 16 makes such manufacture, storage, sale and distribution an offence punishable thereunder. Respondent No. 1 is an oil mill with the firm name of Messrs. United Oil Mills Respondent No. 2 was prosecuted as the proprietor thereof. A food inspector of the Calcutta Corporation took sample of Jinjili Oil also known as Til or Sesame Oil from a vat in the mill premises after observing the necessary formalities. On chemical examination, the oil was found to be adulterated in the sense that it deviated from the standard in respect of B. R. reading, saponification value and iodine valu...
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