CHANDIGARH: A man who was caught selling food articles like khoya burfi, milk cake, ladoos, sweets, etc. without a valid licence, a Chandigarh district court made one person stand till the rising of the court and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him.
Manish Rajwanshi was held guilty and convicted for the commission of offence under Sections 26(2)(iii) and 31(1) punishable under Section 63 of the relevant act.
The matter dates back to February 2, when around 1.45 pm, food safety officer inspected the premises of Aaradhya Misthan of Ram Darbar, Chandigarh, and found the accused running the business and selling food articles without a food license for human consumption by way of public sale. He was challaned under Sections 26 (2) (iii) and 31(1) of the Food Safety & Standards Act 2006.
However, the defence counsel contended that neither any sample of food article was taken by the FSO nor raw material for preparation was taken into possession and his client had been falsely implicated. It was also stated that no raid had ever taken place and the accused never sold any of the alleged food articles to any customer.
The prosecution contended that since the accused was challaned for selling food articles without having a food licence, there was no requirement for taking sample of the food articles. After the arguments the court held him guilty and convicted him.
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