IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS RESERVED ON : 30.06.2023 PRONOUNCED ON : 06.07.2023 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN Crl.O.P. No.23692 of 2021 &

Crl.M.P.Nos. 13059 & 13060 of 2021

1.K.T.Venkates Raja 2.K.T.Srinivasa Raja

3.A.Srinivasan

4. M/s.Adyar Ananda Bhavan Sweets India Pvt. Ltd., No.53, South Phase, Second Sector, Third Street, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Chennai – 600 058.

...Petitioners/Accused 1 to 4 Vs.

State by P.Sundararaj, Food Safety Officer, Code No.551, Velachery Zone Chennai District Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drugs Administration Department, No.33, West Jones Road, Saidapet, Chennai – 600 015.

...Respondent/Complainant PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, to call for the records relating to the complaint in C.C.No.2079 of 2021 on the file of the learned XVIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Saidapet, Chennai and to quash the same.

For Petitioners : Mr.V.Gopinath Senior Counsel for M/s.R.Harishankar For Respondent : Mr.A.Damodaran Additional Public Prosecutor

O R D E R

The petition is to quash the complaint filed under Sections 51 and

59 (1) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

2. It is alleged in the