In our view, it is too late in the day to implead the manufacturere of this stage. The incident took place after a week or so from 31/3/09. More than five years have lapsed since then. Any case against the manufacturer or any application for his impleadment had to be filed within a period of two years as stipulated under Section 24A of the C.P. Act, 1986. Any claim now against the manufacturer is clearly time barred.

This F.A. is bound to fail on first and third counts. We therefore do not propose to admit the same. We proceed to dismiss the same at the stage of admission with no order as to costs.