Agartala, July 23 -- The Tripura High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a Himachal Pradesh-based pharmaceutical company and its directors in a case involving the manufacture and sale of a drug declared "not of standard quality", holding that the mandatory provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules were not followed before the prosecution was initiated.

Justice Biswajit Palit allowed a criminal petition filed by M/s Innova Captab and its directors, setting aside a January 10, 2023, order of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Agartala, which had taken cognisance of a complaint filed by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).

The case stemmed from a sample of Rabeprazole Sodium and Itopride (Sustain...