Branded Bottled Water as Evidence of Product Tampering
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Abstract
The increasing trend of using the bottled water in the consumers is due to people's perception of purity, safety, better taste and convenience. The positive effect of this trend has given a substitute for safe drinking water but has left few drawbacks as well. The lack of awareness in the consumers regarding destroying of water bottles after use has lead to severe accidents. Under 272 & 273 IPC, Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Chandigarh received case of branded bottled water bottles as an evidence of product tampering. The problem arose due to the lack of awareness in consumer who do not crush used bottled water bottles and also due to the ignorance of the locals who reuse these water bottles. Herein, this case, the branded water bottle was reused for keeping acid which led to a serious accident for another consumer who used the same bottle under the perception of bottled water without checking the seal of the cap. Keeping in view the statement of the problem, the article is focused to examine the bottled water and to bring awareness in the readers about the tampering of the bottled water bottles.