JUDGMENT :

1. Heard learned Senior Advocate Mr. Mihir Thakore with learned Advocate Mr. Salil Thakore on behalf of the petitioner, learned Public Prosecutor Mr. Mitesh Amin on behalf of respondent – State, learned Advocate Mr. Ramnandan Singh on behalf of respondent no.2- complainant and learned Advocate Mr. M.M. Kharadi for learned Advocate Mr. M.M. Madni in Criminal Misc. Application No. 1 of 2022.

2. By way of these petitions, the petitioner has sought for quashing Criminal Case No. 22663 of 2017 pending before the learned 11th Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vadodara and other proceedings incidental thereto.

3. The brief facts relevant for deciding the present petition are enumerated as below:

The petitioner who was a lead Actor in a movie “ Raees”, prior to its release, had undertaken an exercise of promotion of the movie by way of a train journey from Mumbai to Delhi. As far as the present issue is concerned, the same relates to certain alleged incidents which had happened when the train had stopped at Vadodara Railway Station. That initially for the incidents at the Railway Station the respondent no.2, had submitted a complaint to the Police Sub Inspector, Railway Police Statio