MOHINDER KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA — Crl.A. No. 760/1997

Case Summary: Mohinder Kumar v. State of Haryana, Crl.A. No. 760/1997 The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and set aside Mohinder Kumar's conviction and sentence under the Food Adulteration Act. Kumar was convicted by the trial court for selling adulterated iodized salt lacking required iodine content (5.0 ppm instead of 15.0 ppm). The Court found the conviction unsustainable because the invoice allegedly issued to "Darshan Lal" was never proven genuine, and no specific evidence established that Kumar sold the adulterated article to the first accused Naresh Kumar. The trial and appellate courts failed to address this critical evidentiary gap. The Court set aside the conviction, sentence (one year imprisonment plus Rs. 1000 fine), and cancelled Kumar's bail bond. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.