1979 INSC 0122
                                        SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                                       Umedmal

                                                           Vs.

                                                State of Maharashtra

                                         Crl.A.Nos.360 and 386 of 1975

                                  (S. Murtaza Fazl Ali and A. D. Koshal, JJ.)

                                                      15.02.1979

                                                   JUDGEMENT

FAZAL ALI J.:-

1. These appeals have been pressed by the counsel for the appellant on the question of sentence
only. Having regard to the very marginal nature of the adulteration found by the Public Analyst. We
think there is sufficient room for reduction in the sentence of the appellants. In peculiar facts and
circumstances of these cases, therefore, while upholding the conviction, we reduce the sentence of
both the appellants to the period already served maintaining the fine imposed by the trial Court.
With this modification, the appeals are dismissed.

         Order accordingly.