Legal Metrology Act Excludes Only Those Offence With Regard To Weight Or Measure Under IPC : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that though Section 3 of the Legal Metrology Act completely overrides the provisions of Chapter XIII of Indian Penal in respect of the offences and penalties with regard to weight or measure, but the prosecution for other offences under of IPC could be maintained.The issue considered by the bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Hemant Gupta in. The Supreme Court has held that though Section 3 of the Legal Metrology Act completely overrides the provisions of Chapter XIII of Indian Penal in respect of the offences and penalties with regard to weight or measure, but the prosecution for other offences under of IPC could be maintained. The issue considered by the bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Hemant Gupta in this case was whether all the offences under IPC are excluded in view of Section 3 of the Act or only the offences relating to the weights and measures as are contained in Chapter XIII IPC alone stand excluded in view of Section 51 of the Act. No person can be charged for an offence relating to weight or measure falling under Chapter XIII of IPC in view of the provisions of the Act."