IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 28573 of 2009 Date of decision: November 16, 2009 Raj Kumar Raheja -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab -Respondent Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. PS Ahluwalia, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) Mr. Ahluwalia contends that allegation against the petitioner is that he was selling adulterated khoya. According to the counsel, adulteration, if any, would be covered unde the Prevention of Adulteration Act and not under the Essential Commodities Act. As regards offence under Section 420 IPC, learned counsel submits that recovery was effected from house of the petitioner, which indicates no intention to sell the same to the public. Learned State counsel ( on instructions from ASI Gurcharan Singh, who is present in Court) submits that pursuant to order dated October 13, 2009, petitioner has joined the investigation and is no longer required for custodial interrogation. In view of the statement made by learned State counsel, the interim order dated October 13, 2009 is hereby made absolute subject to the conditions as envisaged under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The petition stands allowed in aforesaid terms. [Rajan Gupta] Judge November 16, 2009. 'ask'