2003 (11) TMI 70

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....o were Director and Assistant Manager of the said Company as officers-in-charge of the affairs of the said Company under Section 9(1)(i) of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944. During the pendency of the said trial, A-2 and A-3, viz., the said Director and Assistant Manager made an application for discharge on the ground that they were not liable for the offence punishable. During the pendency,....

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....)(i) of the Central Excises and Salt Act there is vicarious liability on the officers in-charge of the company who, if the company is found to be guilty, shall also deem to be guilty of the offences charged against the company, therefore, the High Court was not justified in quashing the proceedings. But on the facts of this case, that argument cannot be entertained because though these Director an....