Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Medical Practitioner in Drugs and Cosmetics Act Case — Lack of Sanction Under Section 32 Renders Prosecution Invalid. Failure to Obtain Prior Sanction from the State Government or Authorized Authority Before Taking Cognizance of Offences Under Section 18(c) Read with Section 27(b)(ii) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, Makes the Entire Proceedings Void Ab Initio....
The applicant, Dr. Dilip Pundalik Patil, a medical practitioner, was arraigned as accused No.2 in Regular Criminal Case No.116 of 2013 pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalgaon, for offenc...
