KULWINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-54339-2022 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 122 CRM-M-54339-2022 (O&M) Date of decision : 05.05.2026 Kulwinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab through Drugs Control Officer (Drugs Inspector), Amritsar ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Karan Kaushal, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Ruchika Sabherwal, Senior DAG, Punjab. MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral) 1. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘the Code’) seeking quashing of complaint bearing No. COMA/283/2022 dated 17.03.2022, titled as State through Drugs Control Officer (Drugs Inspector), Amritsar v. Kulwinder Singh, filed under Section 18(c) read with Rule 62, punishable under Section 27(b)(ii) and Section 18-A punishable under Sectio 28 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (for short ‘the Act, 1940’) and Rule, 1945, as well as for quashing of order dated 01.04.2022, whereby the petitioner was summoned to face trial in the aforementioned complaint. 2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the purpose of disposal of the present petition are that on the basis of a