Judgment 1. The present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by petitioner R.K. Thukral for quashing of the complaint under Section 19(1)(a) of the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985 read with Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 . A copy of the complaint has been appended as Annexure P/2 with the petition. 2. On Nov. 20, 1997, the Fertilizer Inspector visited the premises of the dealer M/s. Pritam Singh and Company at Ludhiana and took the sample of some fertilizer which was manufactured by M/s. Varindra Agro Chemicals. Upon analysis of the same by the testing laboratory, the fertilizer was found to be substandard. A complaint was filed against the aforesaid dealer as well as present petitioner R.K. Thukral. 3. The sole ground upon which the quashing of the complaint has been claimed by petitioner R.K. Thukral is that while filing the complaint, the manufacturing company has not been impleaded as a party. Shri Ravindra Chopra learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the criminal proceedings against the petitioner could not be continued under the circumstances of the case. Shri Chopra has relied upon the judgments of the Apex (High) Court in S.H. Chisty V/s. State of Haryana, 1997 2 RCriC 565, Suresh Chand Sharma V/s. State of Haryana, 1997 2 RCriC 696 and a judgment of this Court in N.K. Kakkar V/s. State of Punjab, Crl. Misc. No.10011-N of 1997 decided on August 1, 2002. 4. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, I find that the submissions made by Shri Chopra have merit and deserve to succeed. 5. I have perused the complaint and find that the Company M/s. Varindra Agro Chemicals was not arrayed as a co-accused and, therefore, in the absence of the aforesaid company, the complaint could not be filed against present petitioner R.K. Thukral who is President of the aforesaid company. My view finds full support by the judgments in the case of S.H. Chistys case (supra), N.K. Kakkars case (supra) and Suresh Chand Sharmas case (supra). 6. In the result, the present petition is allowed and the complaint Annexure P/2 and all consequential proceedings against the present petitioner stand quashed.