(1.) Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith, and, with the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, heard finally.
(2.) By this Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioners seek to quash and set aside criminal prosecution initiated against the Petitioners in Special Case No.32 of 2021 before the Special Judge, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Silvasa, for an offence punishable under Sec. 27(d) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (the Drugs Act, 1940).
(3.) The background facts necessary for the determination of this Petition can be summerized as under :