Legal Provisions of Section 276 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation:
This section penalises sale of a drug or medical preparation which is a different drug or medical preparation. It states that whoever with knowledge either sells, or offers for sale, or exposes for sale, or issues from a dispensary for medicinal purposes, any drug or medical preparation, as another drug or medical preparation, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to six months, or with fine extending up to one thousand rupees, or with both.
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The prosecution must prove that drug or medical preparation has been knowingly sold, or offered or exposed for sale, or issued from a dispensary for medicinal purposes, as a different drug or medical preparation. This section does not refer to adulteration at all.
The liability has been fixed by this section not for the injury caused but for selling, offering or exposing for sale, or for issuing any drug or medical preparation.
The offence under this section is non-cognizable, bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by magistrate of the first class.