In this Petition filed under Sec. 482 Cr.P.C. the petitioner who is the 4th accused in Annexure I complaint alleging offences punishable under Section 39 read with Sec. 63 of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and Rules 6(1), 10, 12, 23 (1) read with Rule 39 of the Standards of Weights and Measures (packaged commodities) Rules 1977 and Sec. 33 read with Sec. 51 of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985, seeks to quash Annexure-I and all further proceedings against him in S.T.C. 5581/2003 on the file of J.F.C.M., Malappuram. One of the main grounds urged by the petitioner assailing the cognizance is that all the aforementioned offences are offences for which the period of limitation is six months under Sec. 468 Cr.P.C. and Annexure - I complaint was filed with a delay of 253 days for which Annexure - II petition was filed for condoning the delay and the learned Magistrate took cognizance of the offences without passing any orders on the delay petition to the extreme prejudice to the petitioner herein. The petitioner has a further ground that Annexure I complaint does not make out an
