HARSH MARIWALA vs PRAMOD KUMAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on:05.05.2025 + CRL.M.C. 6426/2019 & CRL.M.A. 42579/2019 HARSH MARIWALA .....Petitioner versus PRAMOD KUMAR .....Respondent + CRL.M.C. 6428/2019 & CRL.M.A. 42583/2019, CRL.M.A. 38658/2024 M/S. MARICO LIMITED & ORS. .....Petitioners versus PRAMOD KUMAR .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner(s) : Ms. Supriya Juneja, Mr. Aditya Singla & Ms. Medha Navmi, Advs. for the petitioner in CRL.M.C. 6426/2019. Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. along with Ms. Supriya Juneja, Mr. Aditya Singla, Mr. Anmol Kheta & Ms. Medha Navmi, Advs. for the petitioners in CRL.M.C. 6428/2019. For the Respondent : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Mr. Vivek Kumar Pandey & Mr. Ravinder Pal Singh, Advs. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present petitions are filed seeking quashing of the summoning order dated 11.10.2019 and the order taking cognizance Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR CRL.M.C. 6426/2019 & CRL.M.C. 6428/2019 Page 1 of 27 Signing Date:09.05.2025 12:34:23 dated 05.10.2018 passed by the Learned ACMM (South), Saket Courts, New Delhi (‘Trial Court’) in Complaint Case No. 14909/2018. The petitioners, namely Mr. Harsh Mariwala, M/s Marico Limited, and its executives, have been summoned for alleged violations under Sections 17C(c)/18(a)(ii)/27A(ii)/ 32 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (‘D&C Act’), as well as under Sections 417/420/120-B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). 2. Succinctly stated, the complainant, Mr. Pramod Kumar, who is an advocate by profession, filed a complaint under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’) before the learned Trial Court asserting that he had been deceived into purchasing a misbranded cosmetic product