THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.8165 OF 2010 Between : M/s Sterling Pharmaceuticals Rep.by its Prop.S.Nagaraju and another ....PETITIONERS A N D The State of A.P. …RESPONDENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.8165 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “Cr.P.C) is filed by the petitioners – A.1 and A.2 seeking to quash the order dated 21.01.2009 in Crl.A.No.200 of 1998 in C.C.No.457 of 1992 on the file of the VII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court of Trial of Communal Offences, C.C.C, Hyderabad. 2. Heard. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioners could not appear before the Court below for the last two hearings. Therefore, the Court below issued warrants against them. Hence, they pray to direct the Court below to recall the warrants issued against the petitioners herein. 4. This Court is of the view that the appeal filed for the offence punishable under Sections 27(b)(2), 27(a), 27( c) and (d) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, there is no need for the petitioners to be present on all the hearings, and they can represent through their counsel. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners are directed to appear before the Court concerned and file an application to recall the warrants issued against them. On such applications being made by the petitioners, the Court below is directed to recall the warrants issued against the petitioners herein on the same day. 6. With the above observations and directions, the criminal petition is disposed of. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO AUGUST 18, 2010. YVL