High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Directors and Managing Directors in Legal Metrology Cases for Lack of Sanction and Non-Compliance with Pre-Trial Procedures. The court held that taking cognizance without prior sanction under Section 72 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and without examining the complainant under Section 200 CrPC renders the proceedings illegal and liable to be quashed....
The judgment pertains to multiple criminal petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, by directors and managing directors of companies against whom criminal proceedings...
