This section covers sale of noxious food or drink in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Sale of noxious food or drink. 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.
What was the old IPC code for Section 275 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, sale of noxious food or drink was covered in S. 273*.