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Food Adulteration case - High court reduced the sentence to 3 months minimum sentence - No further reduction - Clause (m) postulates a situation where the articles fall below the prescribed standard even if it is not injurious to health. It is clear from this provision that if salt is added to chillies even if it would not be rendered injurious to health, nevertheless the quality/purity of the article would fall below the prescribed standards/its constituents as prescribed in A.05.05.01 limit. It would be adulterated.- Apex court held that We are of the view that no further benevolence can be shown to the appellant, more so, when it is a case of food adulteration. There is no special circumstances which may warrant reducing the sentence below the minimum. The appeal is accordingly dismissed= MITHILESH APPELLANT VERSUS STATE OF NCT,DELHI RESPONDENT= 2014(May.Part) http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41547