Orissa High Court converts man’s jail term to Rs 500 fine in 1997 adulterated dal case

4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 29, 2026 03:30 PM IST The Orissa High Court ordered the jail term of the convict to be set aside and his fine to be reduced to Rs 500.The Orissa High Court recently upheld the conviction of a grocery shop owner for selling adulterated masoor dal but replaced his six-month sentence with a fine of Rs 500, noting that the incident had taken place in 1997. Justice V Narasingh was hearing a plea filed by a man who was earlier sentenced to six months’ jail and a fine of Rs 1,000 for storing and selling adulterated masoor dal in his shop.“Taking note of the materials on record, the nature of the allegations against the petitioner (convict), who was found selling adulterated masoor dal in his grocery shop, and the submissions advanced by the learned amicus curiae, t