JUDGMENT

K. Natarajan, J. - This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner accused No. 11 under section 482 of Cr.P.C. for quashing the criminal proceedings against him in C.C. No. 630/2020 (Crime No. 82/2019 registered by Konaje police) pending on the file of JMFC-VII Court, Mangaluru, for the offence punishable under Section 153-A read with Section 149 of IPC and Section 3 of Karnataka Open Space Disfigurement Act of 1951 and 1981.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned High Court Government Pleader for the respondent State.

3. The case of prosecution is that suo moto complaint was registered by the Konaje police station on 17.11.2019 wherein it was alleged that, on the said date, when the complainant, along with Police Constable No. 941-Ashok Kumar, was on patrolling duty, he received the credible information at about 5.30 p.m., that in front of the house of one Abbas near Badriya Jumma Masjid, some persons belong to People Front of India (PFI) were making slogans against the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court delivered in Ayodhya-Babri Masjid dispute case. A group of people said to be belong to Campus Front of India (CFI) and PFI went inside the Mangalur