1. This is a petition under Section 482, Cr. P. C., for quashing the criminal complaint under Sections 3k(i), 9, 17, 18, 21(b), 29 and 33 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) read with Rules 16 and 19 of the Insecticides Rules, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) and for quashing of all consequent proceedings, arising out of the said complaint.

2. It was alleged that M/s. Madhu Sudan Industries, was a manufacturing industry, manufacturing different types of insecticides and pesticides and that petitioner, Murli Manohar, was the Managing Director of the said company. It was alleged that a criminal complaint had been filed by the Insecticides Inspector against the said company and Murli Manohar, petitioner, and others, with the allegations that the Insecticides Inspector had inspected the shop of M/s. Kasturi Lal and company on 7-7-1993, and had taken the sample and one part of the sample was sent to the Insecticides Testing Laboratory and the Senior Analyst of the said Laboratory found the said sample misbranded and accordingly, the complaint under the Act was filed on 24-10-1994. It was alleged that the petitioner was the Managing Direc