CHAMPALAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Through this Misc. petition under Section 482, Cr. P.C. the petitioners Champalal and Chelaram seek quashment of the proceedings pending against them in the Court of Civil Judge (Jr. Div.) and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sojat under Section 7 read with 16, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (in short 'the P. F. Act') in Cr. Case No. 384/88.

(2.) The facts leading to this petition may be stated as under :-

(3.) Mr. Suresh Kumbhat, learned counsel for the petitioners contended that the petitioners are attending the Court regularly for the last over 11 years and in that process they have suffered lot of physical and mental harassment and also loss of money. The protracted trial in the instant case violates the right of the petitioners for speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, the proceedings against the petitioners deserve to be quashed in the interest of justice.