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The present petition, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has been maintained by the petitioner for setting-aside impugned order dated 03.08.2012, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Amb, District Una, whereby process was issued against the petitioner, and for quashing consequent Complaint No. 218-I-09, titled Government Food Inspector vs. Vikas Verma and others, registered under Sections 7 and 16 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (hereinafter for the sake of brevity referred to as “the Act”).

2. Tersely, the facts giving rise to the present petition are

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

can be encapsulated as under:

On 23.05.2009, around 01:30 p.m., Shri Jagdish Ram, Government Food Inspector, respondent No. 1 herein (complainant), after conducting inspection of M/s Pantry Shop of Shri Vikas Verma (respondent No. 2 herein) located at Bombay Picnic Spot, Sidh Chaler, Amb, District Una, H.P., purchased three sealed packets of Uncle Chips, each 80 grams, for cash payment of Rs. 60/-. It is alleged that after completion of all the formalities, a sealed sample of aforesaid Uncle Chips was sent to