IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-34903-2013 Reserved on : 16.02.2026 Pronounced on: 09.03.2026 Uploaded on : 10.03.2026 Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.

..... Petitioner Versus State (Union Territory Chandigarh) and another .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ Present: Mr. R.S. Cheema, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rajesh Batra, Advocate Mr. Ishan Khetarpal, Advocate and Mr. Satish Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. J.S. Toor, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Adhiraj Toor, Advocate and Mr. Jasbir Singh, Advocate for respondent-U.T. Chandigarh.

Rajesh Bhardwaj, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition is for quashing of setting aside the impugned order dated 27.08.2012 (Annexure P-1) issuing process under Section 20 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as PFA Act) passed by Ld. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandigarh and quashing of proceedings in Complaint case No.PFA-282/2006 dated 22.11.2006 titled as ‘State (Chandigarh Administration) Vs. Mahesh and others’ under Sections 7 and 16 of PFA Act, read with Clause (c) of Rule 32 of the PFA Rules, 1955.

2. Succinctly, facts of the case are that the present petition aris