The Orissa High Court recently upheld the conviction of a grocery shop owner for selling adulterated masoor dal but replaced his six-month sentence with a fine of Rs 500, noting that the incident had taken place in 1997. Mohanty submitted that the trial court incorrectly evaluated the evidence and hence the high court must interfere. Public prosecutor advocate S Panigrahi argued that no interference was required by the high court since the prosecution has established the case beyond reasonable doubt. Jail term replaced with fineThe high court noted that the evaluation of the evidence was not done in an unreasonable manner and no interference was required. Accordingly, the high court set aside the man’s jail term and directed that the fine be reduced to Rs 500.