577/76 Appeal by Special Leave from the judgment and Order dated the 4th Nov. 1976 of the Bombay High Court in Crimi nal Appeal No.
R. Khanna and M.N. Shroff, for the respondent.
The appellants father who was also charged for the same offence was, however, acquitted.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No.
448 of 1973 .
The sample of chilli powder which was seized by the Food Inspec tor on April 13, 1974, companytained 37.25 of the total ash against the permissible percentage of 8.
The High Court dismissed the appeal against acquittal of the appellants father but allowed the appeal of the State with regard to the inadequacy of the sentence.
The State of Maharashtra preferred an appeal against the order of acquittal of the father of the appellant and against the inadequacy of the sentence awarded to the appel lant.
The charge against the appellant was that he sold chilli powder which was adulterated inasmuch as the percentage of the total ash was more than the permissible limit.
Hence this appeal by special leave.
It was stated in the Analysts report that the percentage of extraneous matter which was companymon salt mixed with the chilli powder was 32.4.
M. Tarkunde, S. V. Tambwekar and Miss M. Tarkunde, for the appellant.
