Pune Zilla Sahakari Dudh U. Sangh Maryadit and Ors. v. State of Maharaashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court of Bombay (Pune Bench) quashed criminal proceedings against milk producers in a Prevention of Food Adulteration Act case. The court held that the substantial delay in filing the complaint (19 months) vitiated the prosecution by denying the accused their statutory right to reanalysis at the Central Food Laboratory under Section 13(2).
What did the court decide?
The pending proceedings before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Pimpri, vide case No. 80/96, were quashed.