Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
32A.
Power of Court to implead the manufacturer, etc.
Where, at any time during the trial of any offence under this
Chapter alleged to have been committed by any person, not being the
manufacturer of a drug or cosmetic or his agent for the distribution thereof,
the Court is satisfied, on the evidence adduced before it, that such
manufacturer or agent is also concerned in that offence, then, the Court may,
notwithstanding anything contained 136[in sub-sections (1), (2) and
(3) of section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973], proceed against
him as though a prosecution had been instituted against him under section 32.]