THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9082 of 2009 Dated : 04.11.2009 Between : Debjit Rudra ….. Petitioner a n d The State of A.P. ….. Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9082 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner/A.2 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.372 of 2009 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate, Adilabad, for the offence punishable the provisions of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act. 2) Heard the learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner. 3) Learned senior counsel contends that when nominee is there, there is no question of prosecuting the licensee-present petitioner, and in support of his contention, he relied on R.Benerjee and others v. H.D.Dubey and others[1]. 4) In case the proceedings in criminal case are stayed, the other accused in the case have to unnecessarily move around the Court till disposal of this criminal petition, which would consume substantial time. In order to avoid the same, it is directed that trial in the criminal case against all the accused shall be proceeded with by the trial Court and the appearance of the present petitioner shall be dispensed with during trial on filing an appropriate application by the petitioner before the trial Court. Further his examination under Section 313 Cr.P.C. can also be conducted through A.3. Learned Magistrate is directed to dispose of the criminal case expeditiously. 5) Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 4th November, 2009 SUR [1] AIR 1992 SC 1168