for the Petitioners submitted that the co-accused persons have already been acquitted by the learned trial court. He further laid emphasis para12 of the judgment under Annexure-2 to the application, learned counsel for the Petitioners submitted that the learned trial court after appreciation of evidence and materials on record has come to a conclusion that the prosecution was not able to produce of brass seal in the Court at the time of production of seized articles and its comparison with the specimen brass seal in the Court at the time of production of the seized articles. Further, it has been observed that the trial is vitiated due to non-production of the Malkhana register in the court and noncorroboration of the independent witnesses regarding the alleged search and seizure, place of seizure and non-compliance of. The mandatory provisions of N.D.P.S Act and section 100(4) of Cr.P.C., accordingly, the learned trial has come to a conclusion that the prosecution has failed to successfully establish a case under Section20(b)(ii)(C) of the NDPS Act against the accused persons beyond all reasonable doubt. Accordingly, the accused persons have been acquitted of all charges under Section 235(1) of Cr.P.C. 5. Relying upon the aforesaid judgment, learned counsel for the Petitioners submitted that the present Petitioners, who stand in a better footing than the co-accused persons, who have faced trial as the Petitioners were not apprehended from the spot, have approached this Court for quashing the entire criminal proceeding against them on the basis of the judgment of acquittal under Annexure-2 to the application. He further submitted that further continuance of the trial against the present Petitioners would be an abuse of process of law.
