HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.5442 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-A.1 seeking to quash the proceedings in S.T.C.No.44 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Pulivendula, Kadapa District, for the offences punishable under Sections 7(i) & 2(1a) (m) and 16(1)(a)(i) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (for short “the Act”). 2. Heard both sides. 3. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner-A.1 has submitted that A.2 and A.3 in the said S.T.C. filed Crl.P.No.6077 of 2008 before this Court and the same was allowed on 17.06.2009 on the ground that the delay in filing the complaint deprived the accused of the valuable right under Section 13(2) of the Act. Therefore, he prays to allow the criminal petition. 4. Having considered the said submission and also gone through the order dated 17.06.2009 passed by this Court in Crl.P.No.6077 of 2008, this Court is of the view that the petitioner-A.1 stands on the very footing. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in S.T.C.No.44 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Pulivendula, Kadapa District, are quashed in respect of the petitioner herein. _______________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA,J 23rd June, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.5442 of 2010 (Allowed) Date:23-06-2010 CBS