This section covers adulteration of food or drink intended for sale in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
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.
What was the old IPC code for Section 274 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, adulteration of food or drink intended for sale was covered in S. 272*.