RAMACHANDRAIAH, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner, who is an Advocate practising at Bangalore, has filed this Criminal Petition under Section-482 of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, fcr quashing the proceedings pending against him in C C. No. 37255/88 on the file of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Traffic court, Mayohall, Bangalore, for an offence under clause (r) of sub-section (1) of section-92 of the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, for short the 'act'.

( 2 ) THE said case is registered against the petitioner on the basis of a Petty case Charge-sheet placed against him by the Sub-Inspector of Police. Seshadripuram Police Station, Bangalore-20 The allegations made against the petitioner in column No. 7 of the said Chargesheet read as under :-

( 3 ) ACTING on the above extracted allegations made in the Chargesheet, the learned Metropolitan Magistrate has ordered on 22-10 1988 as under :- "issue summons to the accused"

( 4 ) THE petitioner has contended in his petition that he has not committed the offence alleged against him and even if the entire allegations made in Column no. 7 of the Chargesheet are taken into consideration, they do not fall within the ambit of Section 92 (1 ) (r) of the Ac

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