JUDGMENT :

1. This application is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “the Code”) as also under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for quashing of the FIR registered as C.R. No. 11191041200772 of 2020 registered with Shaherkotda Police station, Ahmedabad City, for the alleged offences punishable under Section 501, 500 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the “IPC”) as also under Sections 112 and 117 of the Gujarat Police Act, filed by respondent No.2 herein, who is Unarmed Head Constable of Shaherkotda Police station, Ahmedabad City.

2. Brief facts of the case are as under:-

2.1 Respondent No. 2 herein - Unarmed Head Constable Bharatkumar Kalidas, on 27.07.2020, registered First Information against the applicant for the aforesaid offences stating therein that, while he was present in the Office in Surveillance Squad, he came to know that the applicant – Joint Secretary of Communist Party of India, pasted certain posters at different places stating therein that, in Shaherkotda area, there are several liquor dens, under the blessings of Police Inspector Shri V.D. Vala and one Ramsinh and Vijay