Crl. Misc. Appl. No. 541/01 (Old No. 3191 of 1997) Hon’ble Irshad Hussain, J. None appear for the petitioner. Heard Sri H.C.Pandey learned A.G.A. and perused the record. This petition under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been preferred for quashing the F.I.R. dated 24.2.1997 in case crime no. 310/1997 under section 3/7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1995 and a Control Order pertaining to Petroleum Gas. When the petition was filed no stay was granted and by now after filing of the charge sheet the criminal case must have been decided according to law. In view of it the petition has been rendered infructuous by lapse of time and the same is liable to be dismissed. The petition is dismissed as infructuous. Consing. (Irshad Hussain, J.) Dated 9-4-2004 ISB