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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 275: Sale of noxious food or drink

Chapter XV — Of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals

275. Whoever sells, or offers or exposes for sale, as food or drink, any article which has been rendered or has become noxious, or is in a state unfit for food or drink, knowing or having reason to believe that the same is noxious 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.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).