JUDGMENT :

1. Petitioners have filed the subject criminal petition seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.333/2015 pending before the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Mudigere.

2. Adumbrated in brief, the facts obtaining as projected by the petitioners are as follows :

1st petitioner is engaged in the business of production of cement and claims to be one of the largest cement producers in India and the only cement company to have obtained a super-brand status. It has its manufacturing units in various States in India and one such manufacturing unit is at Thondebhavi of Chikkaballapura and the 2nd petitioner is the Managing Director of the 1st petitioner. It is the further claim of the 1st petitioner that it has enormous manufacturing plants across India, their operations and management are under the supervision of Directors of each plant and the Board of Directors do not have direct supervision over each plant for day-to-day functioning of these plants.

3. On 29/9/2014 a complaint is received by the 1st respondent/Inspector of Legal Metrology from the Police Sub-Inspector of Kalasa Police Station, Mudigere Taluk through the Assistant Controller of Legal Metrology, Chikkamagaluru co