Patanjali's "Soan Papdi" Fails Food Quality Test, 3 Sent To Jail

A case was registered in 2021 after reports found the samples of Patanjali's Elaichi Navratna soan papdi at a shop in Uttarakhand did not meet the food safety standards.

A court here has sentenced three people to six months' imprisonment for violating food safety standards in making Patanjali Elaichi "soan papadi".

Assistant Prosecution Officer Ritesh Verma said that Pithoragarh Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Singh on Saturday also imposed fines of Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000 on them, besides the jail sentence.

Verma said that the court sentenced Leeladhar Pathak, a shopkeeper from the Berinag town of Pithoragarh, to six months' imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 for selling the product.