Heard learned counsel for the petitioners. None appears on the other side.

2. This application under Section 482, Cr.P.C., is directed for quashing the proceeding of Case No. C.R.537 of 1982 pending in the Court of the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class Tezpur, as well as the order dated 19-8-1982 passed by the learned Magistrate issuing process under Sections 500/501/34, IPC, against the petitioners for appearance in the Court.

3. Opposite party Shri Purna Narayan Sinha instituted a complaint before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Darrang, Tezpur, on 18-8-1982 alleging that the people's agitation known as Assam Agitation spearheaded by All Assam Students Union (AASU) and All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad (AAGSP) was in progress for the past 3 years against infiltration of foreign nationals into Assam, demanding their detection, deletion of their names from the electoral rolls and their deportation and that this movement is not aimed at secession of Assam from India. It is further alleged that accused No.1 V.D. Chopra, Editor, Link News Magazine, accused 2 R.K. Misra, Jt. Editor of the Magazine, accused 3 Aruna Asaf Ali, Chairman, Editorial Board of the said magazine, accused 4,