M/S RAJ KUMAR ASHOK KUMAR AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-13690-2023 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (141) CRM-M-13690-2023 (O & M) Date of decision: 16.07.2026 M/s Raj Kumar Ashok Kumar and ors. …... Petitioner(s) V/s State of Punjab ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. R.K. Girdhar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Athar Ahmed, DAG, Punjab. **** JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (Oral) The prayer in the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is for quashing of the impugned complaint No.COMA/15/2018 dated 06.03.2018 under Sections 3(k)(i), 17, 18, 29 and 33 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 read with Rule 27(5) of Insecticides Rules, 1971 (Annexure P-2), the summoning order dated 30.05.2018 (Annexure P-3) passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sri Muktsar Sahib and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom. 2. The brief facts of the case are that on 22.08.2016, Insecticide Inspector, Sri Muktsar Sahib alongwith Sh. Sarv Mitter, Agriculture Officer, Sri Muktsar Sahib inspected the shop of the dealer petitioner No.1 and drew a sample of insecticide-Fipronil 0.3% GR from one 5 kg packing bearing batch No.GPJ 110, manufacturing date 09.06.2015 and expiry date 08.06.2017, ma