Vendor Not Liable For Adulteration in Food Articles Purchased From Manufacturer with Written Warranty

State of Gujarat Vs Naushadali Najarali Dhanani (Gujarat High Court) HC held that Pursuant to the plain reading of Section 19(2) of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, Vendor shall not be deemed to have committed any offence. If he has purchased the article of food in any other status from any manufacturer, distributor or dealer with written warranty in the prescribed form, this Court is of the opinion that the learned Judicial Magistrate has rightly acquitted the accused persons. This Court has also gone through the judgment of this Court in the case of Ramesh Chandra Gandalal Shah (su...