STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH Vs. VENU VETERINARY DIVISION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave to appeal is granted

(2.) The learned counsel appearing for the parties are heard finally on merits.

(3.) The respondents herein were prosecuted in criminal case no. 345 of 1999 in the court of the judicial magistrate, first class, Armoor (Andhra Pradesh) for alleged offences under section 18 (a) (VI) , read with sections 17b (a) , 18 (b) and (c) punishable under section 27 (c) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (herein after referred to as the 'act').