IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-28857 of 2011 (O & M) Date of Decision: September 21, 2011 Rakesh Chander Aggarwal .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Haryana .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Akshay Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. prays for quashing FIR No.110 dated 14.7.2011 under Section 27-A of the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940, and Sections 274, 275, 276 IPC, registered with Police Station, Saha, Ambala. 2. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that FIR could not have been lodged under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940. So far as Sections 274, 275, 276 IPC are concerned, they are non cognizable offences and therefore, per-se the FIR could not have been lodged. In this regard, learned counsel Crl. Misc. No. M-28857 of 2011 [2] cites 2009(5) R.C.R. (Criminal) 565, Dr. Barinder Singh, President, Ludhiana Medical Welfare Association vs. State of Punjab & others. 3. I have taken note of the fact that FIR was lodged on 14.7.2011 and investigation has not been concluded. 4. This petition is disposed of with direction to the Superintendent of Police, Ambala, to, at the first instance, take note of the law on the issue and the pleadings in the petition, and only thereafter, proceed in the matter. (AJAI LAMBA) September 21, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?