Wife sold Rs 25 soft drink for Rs 26; husband faced case for 13 years, HC quashes it
The court has quashed the prosecution, which arose from an allegation that the man had sold a 600-ml bottle of cold drink for Rs 26 even though its MRP was Rs 25. The allegation concerned an overcharge of Re 1. The man was working at his wife's shop when the incident took place.
A man was facing a 13-year criminal case for charging Rs 26 for a Rs 25 soft drink at his wife's shop, until the Bombay High Court quashed the prosecution. The case began with an inspection by a Legal Metrology Inspector on March 29, 2013, at the couple's flour mill and shop. The inspector bought a 600-ml cold drink and reported that the man had charged Rs 26 instead of the maximum retail price (MRP) of Rs 25.
The man was accused of violating Legal Metrology Rules, and the case persisted until the High Court intervened on June 29, 2026. The court ruled that the prosecution was based on the wrong individual, as the woman, the shop owner, was the one who actually made the sale. The court dismissed the prosecution as "misconceived and misdirected" and clarified that the person who commits the offense must be the one prosecuted, not someone who merely prepares the bill after the transaction.
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