Kashmir Singh VS. Union Of India & Ors.

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Kashmir Singh VS. Union Of India & Ors.

The Judgement Information System CASE NO.: Appeal (crl.) 533 of 2008

PETITIONER: Drugs Inspector & Anr.

RESPONDENT: Fizikem Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.& Anr.

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 24/03/2008

BENCH: A.K.MATHUR & ALTAMAS KABIR

JUDGMENT: J U D G M E N T (Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.)No.5961 of 2006)

A.K. MATHUR, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal is directed against the order passed by learned Single Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in a batch of petitions under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter to be referred to as the CrPC) whereby the learned Single Judge has held that the Drugs Inspector appointed under Section 21 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (hereinafter to be referred to as the Act) had no jurisdiction to launch prosecution under Section 32 of the Act for alleged offences said to have been committed under this Act in connection with m...

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