( 1 ) THIS petition is filed under Section 482 Cr. P. C. to quash the proceedings in s. T. C. No. 133/96 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate, Adilabad.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is a firm dealing in real estate. It issues advertisements in newspapers from time to time as part of its activity for the purpose of sale to the general public. In the advertisements, plots of various sizes are offered. The size of the plot is usually mentioned in terms of acres, or part of an acre or in terms of square yards or square feet. The petitioner happened to issue an advertisement in the Deccan Chronicle dt. 26-10-1995 about the availability of plots for sale at Shameerpet and the plot sizes were mentioned as 1/4 acre, 1/2 acre, 1 acre, 650 square feet and 1000 square feet, for house plots. The District inspector, Legal Metrology, issued notice to the petitioner stating that such a publication is prohibited under Section 11 (c) of the Standards of Weights and measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985 and as per Section 5 (1), r/w Section 14 (11) of the Act the unit of length is meter and not acre, square yard or square feet. As the petitioner has contravened the above provisions it