JUDGMENT - KHANDEPARKAR R.M.S., J.:---Heard the learned Advocates for parties.

2. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith by consent.

3. In all these three petitions, the petitioners are seeking the relief in the nature of quashing the first information reports lodged by the respective Seed Inspectors with the police at the respective Police Stations, amongst other grounds, on the ground that the said reports do not disclose any cognizable offence.

4. In Writ Petition No. 245/2000, the petitioner No. 1 is stated to have been engaged in production, distribution and sale of cotton seeds under brand name "Bharat Seeds" and for that purpose, carries on business under a concern having name "Bharat 'S' Lines" and the petitioner No. 2 looks after the said business in Nanded and surrounding areas. It is their case that there is another seed producer by name "Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd." having its office at Guntur and processing Plant at Secunderabad and office at Hyderabad. The said company is engaged in production and sale of cotton seeds under the brand name "Bunny". The complaint against the petitioners is that they have cheated public with sale of seeds under the brand name "Bunny" and therefore, the

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