The company had reported a net profit of Rs 29.00 crore in the same period of previous fiscal.
However, company's net sales on standalone basis was up 17.20% to Rs 587.29 crore during the quarter under review as against Rs 501.07 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a BSE filing.
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For the six months ended September 30, JFL's standalone net profit dipped 5.95% to Rs 53.55 crore compared with Rs 56.73 crore in the same period last fiscal.
Its net sales during the first half of the current fiscal increased 18.41% to Rs 1,157.87 crore from Rs 977.81 crore in the same period a year ago.
Shares of JFL were trading at Rs 1370.25, down 5.93% on BSE.