JUDGMENT:

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Criminal Appeal No. 120 of 1975.

Appeal by special leave from the Judgment and Order dated 29-1-1975 of the Karnataka High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 274/74.

AND

Writ Petition No. 2929 of 1980.

(Under Article 32 of the Constitution).

AND

Criminal Appeal No. 96 of 1975.

Appeal by special leave from the Judgment and Order dated 13-9-1974 of the Karnataka High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 168/74.

S. K. Bisaria for the appellant in Cr. A. No. 96/75.

A. K. Sen and S. K. Bisaria for the appellant in Cr. A. 120/75 and for the Petitioner in W.P. 2929/80.

N. Nettar for the respondent in all the matters.

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The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Criminal Appeal No. 120 of 1975 GUPTA, J.- This is an appeal by special leave from a judgment of the Karnataka High Court by which the High Court set aside the acquittal of the three appellants before us ordered by the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, (4th Court), Bangalore and convicted them of various offence under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The first appellant M/s. Rajasthan Pharmaceutical Laboratory is a firm of which the second appellant is a partner and the third