Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8111 of 2012 (4) dt.20-09-2012 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8111 of 2012 ====================================================== Ashok Kumar S/O Late Prabhu Sah, R/O Mohalla- Tekari Road, Purani Godown, P.S- Kotwali, Distt- Gaya .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, Advocate Mr. Md. Imtiyaz Ahmad, Advocate Mr. Ravi Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. R. B. Roy ‘Raman’, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 4/ 20-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and the State. The Petitioner seeks quashing of First Information Report of Bodh Gaya P.S. Case No.257 of 2011 dated 08.12.2011 under [STATUTE] & Food, Security and Standard Act, 2006. It has been submitted on behalf of the Petitioner that the Food Security Officer had no jurisdiction to institute the case. Since the case is still at the stage of investigation, I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. The application is disposed off with direction to the Investigating Officer to look into the provision of law and act accordingly. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8111 of 2012 (4) dt.20-09-2012 2 Let this order be communicated to the Superintendent of Police, Gaya, through FAX at the cost of the Petitioner for its onward communication to the Investigating Officer concerned. JA/- (Anjana Prakash, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 273

Statute Text:
Section 273 of the Indian Penal Code. Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious. Whoever sells, or offers or exposes for sale, as food or drink, any article which has been rendered or has become noxious, or is in a state unfit for food or drink, knowing or having reason to believe that the same is noxious as food or drink, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.