JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner challenges the First Information Report being C.R. No.11191065200923 of 2020 lodged at Narol Police Station, Ahmedabad City for the offences punishable under Sections 304, 308, 284, 285, 286, 436, 427, 337, 338 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 7, 8, 9, 15 and 16 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986. It is submitted that the petitioner is nowhere connected with the offences and on that ground, a prayer is made to quash and set aside the First Information Report under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

2. The facts of the First Information Report inter-alia suggest that on 04.11.2020 at 11.30 in the morning, a blast took place in the godown of a chemical company. The complainant’s mother and 12 other died in the incident and about 9 persons were injured. The petitioner and two others are arraigned as accused in the First Information Report.

2.1. The complainant was informed by his sister about the blast and fire and that their mother had got stuck in the premises. The complainant rushed to the place where his mother was serving and saw that one godown of Sahil Chemicals, adjoining the godown where the mother of the com