The High Court affirmed the conviction under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act after an 11-year delay, and substituted imprisonment with a fine deposit order to meet the ends of justice.
Petitioner directed to deposit Rs. 25,000/- by 30.11.2022 instead of imprisonment for failure to pay the fine.
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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA (CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION)
PRESENT:
THE HON’BLE JUSTICE SIDDHARTHA ROY CHOWDHURY
CRR 2467 of 2009
DURGA PRASAD CHOURASIA
VS.
STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ANR.
For the Petitioner : Mr. Partha Sengupta, Adv. Mr. Subhrangsu Panda, Adv. For the Opposite Parties : Mr. Goutam Dinda, Adv. Mr. Anindya Sundar Chatterjee, Adv. Hearing concluded on : 9th November, 2022 Judgement on : 9th November, 2022
: Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury, J.
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(SIDDHARTHA ROY CHOWDHURY, J.)
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the High Court should interfere with the conviction affirmed by lower courts in a food adulteration case after nearly 13 years of pendency.
Whether the petitioner who has undergone delay for 13 years should be sent to Correctional Home or allowed to deposit a sum to satisfy the sentence.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
DUGA PRASAD CHOURASIA
STATE OF WEST BENGAL
SIDDHARTHA ROY CHOWDHURY
As recorded by the court registry
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