IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 02.03.2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN and Crl.M.P.Nos.5808 & 5809 of 2022

1.M/s.Centurion Laboratories, (Division of Centurion Remedies Pvt Ltd.)

rep. by its Managing Director, Ambalal Vanarsidas Patel

2.Ambalal Vanarasidas Patel Managing Director of M/s.Centurion Laboratories. .... Petitioners Vs State of Tamil Nadu, Represented by P.Vijyabhanu, Drugs Inspector, Egmore Range (i/c)

O/o.The Asst.Director of Drugs Control Zone-I, DMS Campus, 259-261, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600 006. .... Respondent Prayer: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records in C.C.No.7435 of 2016 pending on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai and quash the same.

For Petitioners : Mr.T.D.Selvan Babu For Respondent : Mr.A.Gopinath Government Advocate (Crl.Side)

ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.7435 of 2016 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai.

2. The respondent filed a complaint under Section 18(a)(i) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) puni