M/S GAUTAM GAMBHIR FOUNDATION & ORS. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI THROUGH DRUGS CONTROL DEPARTMENT

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 29th August, 2025 Pronounced on: 21st November, 2025 + CRL.M.C. 2230/2021 1. M/S. GAUTAM GAMBHIR FOUNDATION Through its Hony. Administrator Mr. Pawan Gulati Registered Office: 51/4, Old Rajinder Nagar New Delhi-110060 …Petitioner No. 1 2. MRS. SEEMA GAMBHIR w/o Sh. Deepak Gambhir R/o 6B/8, Old Rajinder Nagar New Delhi-110060 …Petitioner No. 2 3. MR. GAUTAM GAMBHIR s/o Sh. Deepak Gambhir R/o 6B/8, Old Rajinder Nagar New Delhi-110060 …Petitioner No. 3 4. MRS. NATASHA GAMBHIR w/o SH. GAUTAM GAMBHIR R/o 6B/8, Old Rajinder Nagar New Delhi-110060 …Petitioner No. 4 Through: Mr. Jai Anant Dehadrai, Ms. Srutee Priyadarshini, Adv. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI Through Drugs Control Department F-17, Karkardooma, Delhi-110032 … Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State. CRL.M.C. 2230/2021 Page 1 of 31 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ANIL KUMAR BHATT Signing Date:21.11.2025 18:44:23 Mr Amarkumar Mokashi Drugs Inspector Govt of NCT of Delhi. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“CrPC”), on behalf of M/s. Gautam Gambhir Foundation and its Trustees (“the Petitioners) for quashing of the Criminal Complaint for offences under Section 18(c) read with Section 27(b)(ii) Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (the D&C Act) and also to challenge the Summoning Order dated 26.07.2021 and the subsequent Order dated 26.08.2021 of the Learned Metropolitan Magistrate. 2. Briefly stated, Petitioner No. 1, Gautam Gambhir Foundation (―the Foundation‖), is a registered Trust established in 2014, engaged in various charitable activities, including running of Community Kitchens, supporting the education