NAGPUR: Wardha chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Saroj Mane Gadekar has sentenced a tobacco trader, Shyamlal Jaiswal, to six-month jail and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh for selling banned scented tobacco. Jaiswal was caught selling scented tobacco in 2012 in his shop opposite Pulgaon railway station in Wrdha district. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a case against him in August 2013 in the court of the CJM at Wardha.
Food safety officer Raviraj Dhabarde, who had conducted the raid at Jaiswal's shop on October 3, 2012 made a strong presentation in the case in backdrop of ban on gutka, pan masala and scanted tobacco in Maharashtra since 2012, in accordance with the Food safety and Standard Act, 2006. Dhabarde told TOI that in case of failure of payment of the fine, Jaiswal will have to serve another three months of imprisonment.
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