STATE OF H.P. vs NARENDER KUMAR — Crl.A. No. 1109/1997

The Supreme Court allowed the State's appeal and convicted Narendra Kumar under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 for selling adulterated sugar containing unpermitted coal tar dye. The Court held that Rule 18 compliance was adequately established through the Public Analyst's report and postal receipts produced by the Food Inspector, which the accused failed to challenge, and that the lower courts erred in acquitting him based on technical non-compliance. Convicted to 6 months RI and Rs. 1,000 fine, with opportunity to seek sentence commutation; the co-accused vendor's acquittal was upheld. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.