Judgment

Mr. Harpreet Singh Brar, J.

This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking quashing of FIR No. 99 dated 17.03.2016 registered under Section 188 IPC, under Section 33A of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and under Section 33A of The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 at Police Station Mujessar, District Faridabad.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2. The facts, in brief, are that the petitioner is the proprietor of the M/s Mahadev Forgings & Components Firm. The said unit was installed in the year 2005 after obtaining the necessary permissions and engaged in manufacturing the automobile parts by forging and compressing the raw material in hot furnaces. The Haryana State Pollution Control Board issued an order dated 12.09.2014 for closure of the unit being run by the petitioner on grounds that the same was being run without obtaining necessary permissions. The aforesaid order of closure was challenged before the Appellate authority concerned but appeal was dismissed vide order dated 21.11.2014 (Annexure P-2), upon which the unit was again sealed by the authorities. During an inspection on 30.12.2015, the unit o