ORDER :

Petitioners are before this Court calling in question proceedings in Special C.C.No.154 of 2020 pending before the Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge at Bangalore arising out of complaint filed under Section 200 of the Cr.P.C. for violation of Sections 18(a)(i) and 22(i)(cca) punishable under Section 27(a) and 22(3) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (‘the Act’ for short).

2. Heard Sri. Desu Reddy G., learned Counsel for petitioners and Smt. K.P.Yashodha, learned High Court Government Pleader for respondent.

3. Brief facts leading to the filing of the present petition, as borne out from the pleadings, are as follows:-

It appears that on 12-07-2020 information was received by the Assistant Drugs Controller from the Superintendent of Minto Hospital, Bengaluru alleging that cataract surgeries had been carried out at the Hospital on 9-07-2019 and the patients who underwent cataract surgeries had developed eye infection. The said information was taken by the Assistant Drugs Controller and visited the hospital to investigate the matter. One Dr. K.M. Dakshayini hands over a letter to the respondent mentioning names of drugs which were used during cataract surgeries and also inf