Penalty for adulteration by licenced manufacturer or his servant

If any licensed manufacturer or licensed vendor, or any person employed by him and acting on his behalf, mixes, or permits to be mixed, with any intoxicant manufactured, sold or kept or exposed for sale by him, any noxious drug or any article prohibited by rule made under section 77, and such mixing does not amount to an offence punishable under section 272 of the Indian Penal Code (Act XL V of 1860) ; or has in his possession any intoxicant in respect of which such admixture has been made, he shall be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to eighteen months, or to fine which extend three thousand rupees, or to both.