P&H:t Upholds Insecticide Prosecution After Excluding Time Taken to Obtain Sanction
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition by Jai Chemicals and two others seeking to quash a prosecution over an insecticide sample reported as misbranded. Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi held that the complaint was filed within the limitation period once the time spent obtaining prosecution sanction was excluded.
The case arose after an Insecticide Inspector collected a sample of Cartap Hydrochloride 4% G from a pesticide dealer in Jalandhar district in July 2009. A Senior Analyst’s report, made available on September 1, 2009, found the sample misbranded. The company and its representatives were later summoned in a...
