BNS Section 274 — Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale
Section 274 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
274. Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale.—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 of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both. ¶
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