THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3639 OF 2007 ORDER: This petition is filed on behalf of the first accused under section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.876 of 2006 on the file of the Court of II Additional Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Nellore registered for the offences under Drugs and Cosmetics Act. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to the orders of this court passed in Criminal Petition No.6862 of 2009 dated 28.08.2009 whereby the said proceedings were quashed by this court at the instance of the Petitioner therein i.e. accused 2 and 3 in the said case. Having considered the said submissions and also perused the order passed in the said Criminal Petition, this court is of the view that the Petitioner who is the first accused in the said case also stands on the same footing. Accordingly, this Criminal petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.876 of 2006 on the file of the Court of II Additional Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Nellore are hereby quashed. ----------------- 26.04.2010 Kvsn