SANDEEP MOUDGIL
Sunita Dhawan – Appellant
Versus
UOI – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sandeep Moudgil, J.
The petitioners seek grant of anticipatory bail in complaint No.1 dated 03.03.2022 (Annexure P1), under Sections 32 /16/17-A(f)/17- B(d)/18(a)(i)/ 18(a)(vi) & 18(c) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 read with Sections 27 (b)(1), 27(c), 27(d), 36-AC of the said Act.
2. Brief facts of the case are that the complainant-Drug Inspector on the directions of Deputy Drugs Controller (I) Sub Zone Baddi vide letter No.NZ/BD-SZO/PUN/OFOR/2019-20/467-469 dated 18.6.2020 for necessary sampling of sanitizer for the testing and analysis from various area of Punjab viz. Mohali, Kharar and Zirakpur on 18.6.2020 constituted a team comprising two drugs Inspectors of CDSCO-Sub Zone Baddi i.e. the present complainant and Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal along-with Ms. Manpreet Kaur, DCO (Mohali-I) Punjab who visited the site of M/s Gupta Medical Hall, situated at SCO 32, Phase 1 Mohali on 18.6.2020 for necessary sampling to ensure the quality of the available stock of Sanitizers at the level of end user. Accordingly, the complainant had drawn the samples of the Sanitizer/Handrub from M/S Gupta Medical Hall, which was manufactured by the petitioner-firm i.e. M/s Dr.Edwin Lab Plot No.517, In
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