In Ashokbhai Kanubhai Ravani Vs. State, Gujarat High Court has held that to bring home a charge under Section 272, IPC the prosecution is to prove: (a) that the accused adulterated a food or drink; (b) that such adulteration rendered the food or drink noxious; (c) that during the adulteration the accused intended to sell the said article of food or drink or knew that it was likely to be sold as pure food or drink.