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Jun 17 1983 (FN)

United States Vs. Villamonte-marquez

Court : US Supreme Court

..... they allow for regulation of imports and exports assisting, for example, government officials in the prevention of entry into this country of controlled substances, illegal aliens, prohibited medicines, adulterated foods, dangerous chemicals, prohibited agricultural products, diseased or prohibited animals, and illegal weapons and explosives. .....

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Mar 06 1998 (HC)

S.B. Ganguly Alias Satya Brata Ganguly Vs. State of Bihar and anr.

Court : Patna

..... therein clearly indicate that the bottle of wymox manufactured by the company, which was purchased from sinha pharmacy, contained insect for which the company as well as its officers were responsible for manufacturing adulterated medicine and at this stage the high court will not interfere with the order taking cognizance in exercise of its powers under section 482 of the code of criminal procedure.5. ..... whether the bottle was actually containing the insect or not for which the medicine became adulterated, was to be analysed by a government analyst and the magistrate was required to be satisfied prim a facie on the basis of the ..... if from a mere perusal of the medicine bottle the learned magistrate was satisfied that the medicine was adulterated and, as such, offence has been made out, then there would be no reason for him to proceed with the trial ..... the relevant portion of the said letter can be looked into which reads thus:the virulent in sent admixed with the medicine within the bottle in question, although much prominently conspicuous, nonetheless, it is extremly disappointing that a renooned, noted and well thought of multinational company like yours, have so carelessly, negligently and recklessly acted which is ..... him, for prosecuting a person under section 27 of the act, the allegation must be specific that the medicine was adulterated and . ..... earlier, he had no report of government analyst before him which could reveal that the medicine contained in the bottle was adulterate. .....

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Jul 17 2009 (HC)

J.C. Jani Vs. the State of Jharkhand and Gopal Krishna Kedia

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : 2009(57)BLJR2729

..... it is further stated that at the time of administering the aforesaid medicine, the nurse of the hospital detected some adulteration and therefore she did not administer the said injection. ..... admittedly as per the complaint petition, the medicine in question was purchased on 15.11.2000 and on that date it was detected that the same had some adulteration. ..... it is stated that in response to said legal notice, the company sent its representative to giridih for verification and those representative also accepted that there was some adulteration in the medicine. ..... under the said circumstance it is clear that the aforesaid medicine was manufactured and sold on or before 15.11.2000.11. ..... the brief facts of the case is that one gopal krishna kedia (complainant) purchased a medicine namely, syntocinon injection bearing batch no. ..... therefore the complainant conclude that the accused person intentionally not stopped the sale of aforesaid medicine for their personal gain. ..... it is alleged that the said medicine was manufactured by german remedies ltd. ..... it is stated that, however, no information was given to the complainant nor the sale of aforesaid medicine was stopped. .....

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Mar 09 1983 (HC)

In Charge Production, Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing ...

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : 1983CriLJ1595

..... could be viewed as linked with each other as cause and effect.we think that the activities of the manufacturer, the distributor, and the retail seller are sufficiently connected, in such a case of sale of an article of food found to be adulterated, by a unity of purpose and design, and therefore of a transaction, so as to make their joint trial possible in a suitable case.thus from the principle of law as laid down in the aforesaid supreme court authorities, it is plain that the ..... guru nanak khad store sultanpur have committed an offence under section 13 (1) (a) fertilizer control order read with section 12a of essential commodities act for keeping and selling such sub-standard and adulterated (article) at their premises and hafed tarori district karnal has committed the same offence of fertilizer control order read with section 12a of essential commodities act for manufacturing sub-standard fertilizer at his ..... it is really sad that every article is being adulterated whether it is an article of food or the article used for the agricultural purposes or it is a medicine and the adulteration of food and non-food articles, has reached the saturation point after 35 years of attaining independence ..... activities of the manufacturer, the distributor and the retail seller are sufficiently connected, in a case of sale of an article of food found to be adulterated by a unity of purpose and design, and, therefore, of a transaction, so as to make their joint trial possible in a suitable case. .....

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Jul 19 1965 (HC)

Ghisalal Hindusingh Naik and anr. Vs. the State of Madhya Pradesh

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : 1970CriLJ1538

..... the applicant who is the owner of a business in milk has been convicted under section 16(1)(b) of the prevention of food adulteration act because his servant, who in his absence was taking away some milk for sale was found to have prevented the food inspector from taking a sample as authorised by this act. ..... broadly speaking, the law has recognized what is popularly called the 'vicarious liability' of the principal in legislation regarding adulteration of food, medicines and the like. ..... the argument is that under section 7 of the food adulteration act a master can be held liable only if the servant sells adulterated milk on his behalf and not for any other act. .....

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Nov 23 1976 (HC)

idan Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan

Court : Rajasthan

Reported in : 1977CriLJ556; 1976(9)WLN665

..... where a prisoner is convicted of an outrageous rape, or a brutal and unprovoked assault involving grave injuries by lethal weapon to the government servant on duty or an armed robbery of the bank or grave extensive loss to public property or an economic offence such as adulteration of food, medicine, or smuggling of gold, in such cases law abiding citizens look to the courts to retaliate on behalf of the community. .....

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Sep 15 1998 (HC)

Om Prakash Agarwal Vs. S. Kullu, Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Singhbhum ...

Court : Patna

..... :-whoever knowing any drug or medical preparation to have been adulterated in such a manner as to lessen its efficacy, to change its operation, or to render it noxious, sells the same or offers or exposes it for sale, or issues it from any dispensary for medicinal purposes as unadulterated, or causes to be used for medicinal purposes by any person not knowing of the adulteration, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months or ..... it is amply clear that any person who adulterates and sells any such adulterated drug or medicine is guilty of offence as contemplated under these ..... adulteration of drugs : whoever adulterates any drug or medical preparation in such a manner as to lessen the efficacy or change the operation of such drug or medical preparation, or to make it noxious, intending that it shall be sold or used for, or knowing it to be likely that it will be sold or used for, any medicinal purpose, as if it has not undergone such adulteration, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description of a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend ..... 4.1993 and took samples of various drugs from the medicine store of the civil surgeon and also from the ..... 1 requested the civil surgeon to get the drugs/medicine analysed by a government analyst and as the drug inspector of chaibasa was not available at that time in the headquarters, on the request of the civil surgeon, the drug inspector of jamshedpur .....

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Aug 29 1985 (HC)

Delhi Administration Vs. Puran Lal Ahuja

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 28(1985)DLT392

..... spurious and adulterated medicines which were recovered from the respondent if allowed to be used by patients who need them rather critically and who will be damaged by the use of it is a horrible thing to contemplate and the respondent who is guilty of indulging in it ..... is why by 1982 amendment it has been incorporated that any person found guilty of stocking for sale adulterated goods shall be awarded a minimum sentence of one year. ..... was, to that context, held that it could not be said that the storing of medicines at is shop with their dates having expired was meant for sale. ..... here large amount of spurious and adulterated drugs have been found which the respondent had stored for ..... gulati, has stated that on inspection of the premises large number of medicines and even articles like implements, labels and packing material were found from the ..... learned judges of calcutta high court accepted that a large quantity of medicines was found from the possession of the accused. ..... we can understand if half a dozen of bottles or a half dozen of medicines strips are kept by a person for his personal use so that he does not have to go to the market as and when necessary either because he needs them every day or he has a large ..... were misbranded and were thus adulterated. ..... in that case the accused was found going on the street carrying a brief case and on search of that various items of medicines were found. ..... , sulphadiazine tablets and bismuth carbonate (which are well known names of medicines) were taken. .....

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Aug 09 2002 (HC)

Ram Chander Vs. P.K. Gupta and anr.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 99(2002)DLT706

..... looking into the importance of issue involved and the fact that menace of spurious/adulterated drug is on increase, deputy commissioner of police was required to examine the matter and file reply. ..... spurious and adulterated medicines which were recovered from the respondent if allowed to be used by patients who need them rather critically an d who will be damaged by the use of it is a horrible thing to contemplate and the respondent who is guilty of indulging in it can hardly ..... that is why by 1982 amendment it has been incorporated that any person found guilty of stocking for sale adulterated goods shal1 be awarded a minimum sentence of one year. ..... the offences under the act for manufacturing and sale of spurious/adulterated drugs, (if the same is likely to cause . ..... here large amount of spurious and adulterated drugs have been found which the respondent had stored for sale. ..... the use of spurious/adulterated drugs would be a horrible thing even to contemplate. ..... of spurious or adulterated drugs are cognizable and non-bailable. ..... 'learned counsel for the petitioner on the basis of above observations, argued that assuming the allegations to be true, no offence against the petitioner is made out since he was only packing the medicines for someone else. .....

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Apr 07 1913 (FN)

Mcdermott Vs. Wisconsin

Court : US Supreme Court

..... . the object of the statute is to prevent the misuse of the facilities of interstate commerce in conveying to and placing before the consumer misbranded and adulterated articles of medicine or food, and in order that its protection may be afforded to those who are intended to receive its benefits, the brands regulated must be ..... . the food and drugs act was passed by congress under its authority to exclude from interstate commerce impure and adulterated food and drugs and to prevent the facilities of such commerce being used to enable such articles to be transported throughout the country from their place of manufacture to the people who ..... . that the word "package," or its equivalent expression, as used by congress in 7 and 8 in defining what shall constitute adulteration and what shall constitute misbranding within the meaning of the act, clearly refers to the immediate container of the article which is intended for consumption ..... ., is not plainly stated upon the bottle, box, or other container, and food is "adulterated" where it contains an added poisonous or other added deleterious ingredient which may render it injurious; except that, where directions are printed on the covering or the package for the ..... means of inspection, examination, and seizure necessary to enforce the prohibitions of the act, and when 2 has been violated, the federal authority, in enforcing either 2 or 10, may follow the adulterated or misbranded article at least to the shelf of the importer .....

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