https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199983 A vendor who buys food with a written warranty, stores it properly, and resells it in the same condition can invoke the statutory defence under the Prevention of Food Adulteration framework. The defence is not defeated merely because the supplier is later alleged to be bogus or non-existent, if the transaction appeared regular and the vendor had no reason to suspect any defect. On the stated facts, the burden for the defence was treated as discharged, so the conviction and sentence could not stand. en-us Wed, 15 Feb 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:21:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199983 A vendor who buys food with a written warranty, stores it properly, and resells it in the same condition can invoke the statutory defence under the Prevention of Food Adulteration framework. The defence is not defeated merely because the supplier is later alleged to be bogus or non-existent, if the transaction appeared regular and the vendor had no reason to suspect any defect. On the stated facts, the burden for the defence was treated as discharged, so the conviction and sentence could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 15 Feb 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199983