The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
78. Power of court to
implead manufacturer, etc. –
Where at any time
during the trial of any offence under this Act alleged to have been committed
by any person, not being the importer, manufacturer, distributor or dealer of
any article of food, the court, is satisfied, on the evidence adduced before
it, that such importer, manufacturer, distributor or dealer is also concerned
with that offence, then the court may, notwithstanding anything contained in
sub-section (3) of section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or in
section 71 of this Act, proceed against him as though a prosecution has been
instituted under this Act.