IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. 79682-M of 2006 DATE OF DECISION : 19.12.2006 M/s S.D. Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. .... PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana ..... RESPONDENT CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Sanjiv Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * The petitioner has filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing of complaint under Sections 18 and 27 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the consequent proceedings. After arguing for some time, counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to raise all the points raised in this petition at the subsequent stage of trial and he confines his prayer only to the extent that the trial be expedited and personal appearance of the petitioner be exempted. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. Since the matter is pending since 1994, therefore, the trial court is directed to expedite the trial. Further, keeping in view the fact that the petitioner appeared before the trial court in the year 1997 and is facing trial since then, if the petitioner files an application for exemption from personal appearance before the trial court, the same shall be considered and decided in accordance with law. December 19, 2006 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE