MUHAMMAD ASHRAF AND Another vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 985

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 985

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-02-11

Parties: MUHAMMAD ASHRAF AND Another vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 985

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Munir Farooqi Title: MUHAMMAD ASHRAF AND Another vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 6673 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-02-11 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 985 Result: Petition accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT This is a petition under section 561-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure praying far the quashment of the proceedings in' a case under section 23 of the West Pakistan Pure Food Ordinance pending in the Court of Mr. M. D. Chaudhry, M. I. C. Mianwali, so far as these proceedings relate to the to petitioners. The learned Magistrate had directed the issuance of summons against the to petitioners on the 31st of July 1969, followed by non-bailable warrants on subsequent dates. 2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on the 22nd of August 1968, Mi. A. R. Puri, then M. I. C. Mianwali, acting on behalf of Municipal Committee, Mianwali purchased three packets of chilli (Chattan Brand) from Ali Khan son of Muhammad Yar, Kariana Merchant, Mianwali which were found to contain foreign dye and extraneous mineral matter and unfit for human consumption by Government Food Analyst, Multan, vide his certificate dated the 12th of November 1968, (at page 7 of the file) con--sequent on which a complaint under section 23, of the West Pakistan Pure Food Ordinance .Was submitted in the Court of A. D. M., Mianwali, on the 19th of December 1968, against Ali Khan and the proprietor, of Shaheen Products, Lyallpur. It was on the 31st of…

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