1. These three petitions are filed under S.482, Crl. P.C. for quashing the proceedings in C.C. No. 83 of 1983 on the file of the court of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Adoni in C.C. No. 125 of 1983 on the file of the VI Additional Munsif Magistrate, Guntur and C.C. No. 120/82 on the file of the court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Dharmavaram respectively.

2. In C.C. No. 83 of 1983 on the file of the court of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate Adoni a complaint was filed by the Deputy Director of Agriculture (Training) Kurnool, under S.29(1)(a)(i) read with S.3(k)(i) of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (hereinafter referred as the Act) against eight accused. It is stated in the complaint that on 2-1-1982 at 11.00 A.M. Sri B. Hussain Reddy, Quality Control Inspector inspected the shop of the Ist accused at Adoni and found three bags of agricultural sulphur each weighing 50 K.Gs. manufactured by M/s. I.A. and I.C. Private Ltd., Bombay (A-6) and supplied to the dealer (A-1). The Inspector found other insecticides in the premises at the time of inspection and they were stocked there for sale. A sample was taken from the three bags of agricultural sulph