date:Dec 10, 2012
ment to Gujarat High Court on food adulteration cases and convictions in the last five years suggested that 1,356 out of 1,642 offenders under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act were acquitted by different courts.
According to the data, in 2010, the state lost 381 out of 425 cases decided by the
courts. In effect, nearly 90 per cent accused were cleared of charges by courts. The conviction rate was 12.40 per cent in 2009, 15.24 in 2008, 22.77 per cent in 2007, 18.88 per cent in 2006 and 2