Whoever adulterates any articles of food or drinks, so as to make such article noxious as food or drink, intending to sell such article as food or drink, or knowing it to be likely that the same will be sold as food or drink, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $5002008$1,5002008, or with both.
Section history
Section 272 — Adulteration of food or drink which is intended for sale
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 272 — Original text to 30 November 2008superseded
Section 272 — From 30 November 2008 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
Whoever adulterates any article of food or drink, so as to make such article noxious as food or drink, intending to sell such article as food or drink, or knowing it to be likely that the same will be sold as food or drink, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $1,50020203 years, or with fine2020, or with both.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 272]