The Additional District Session’s Court will issue an order on June 3 on the bail petition filed by the person arrested for supplying spurious mangoes in Nettoor.
While hearing the bail petition filed by Sanu, 38, Karthika Nivas, who is the owner of E D S Fruit Stall, the prosecution opposed granting him bail.
P K Sajeevan, government pleader and Public Prosecutor, submitted that the accused person had committed a serious crime. He said that mangoes seized from the goodown of the accused contained calcium carbide that could cause serious diseases, including cancer. The prosecution also filed reports from the police and food safety experts.
Meanwhile, the counsel for the accused pleaded that he was falsely implicated in the case.
According to the counsel, he did not commit any offence for which he could be charged under IPC-328. He said the police had registered a suo motu case against him.
Food safety officials seized 35 boxes of mangoes treated with calcium carbide, which is used for artificially ripening fruits.
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