ORDER :

This batch of Criminal Petitions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. are filed seeking quash of F.I.Rs. registered for the offences punishable under Sections 188, 269. 272, 273, 328, 420 r/w.34 of IPC; Sections 5(1), 6(a), 6(b), 7, 20, 22, 24(1) of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003, (for short, the “COTPA”); Sections 55, 57, 57(2), 58 and 59 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, (for short, the “FSS Act”); Sections 34(1)(i), 34(a) of the A.P. Excise Act and Sections 7(A) r/w.8(E) of the A.P. Prohibition Act; and under Sections 8(a), 8(c) r/w. 20(b)(ii),(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, (for short, the “NDPS Act”).

2. For the sake of convenience, the F.I.Rs. registered only for the offences under the I.P.C., FSS Act and COTPA are shown in the following Table-I. The F.I.Rs. registered for the offences under IPC, FSS Act and COTPA, along with A.P. Excise Act and A.P.Prohibition Act are shown in Table-II and the F.I.Rs. registered for