The petitioner herein is an IT professional. He is the Senior Associate (Operations) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Bangalore. He has been arrayed as the 4th accused in C.C. No.291/2019 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Thodupuzha. By this petition, he seeks to quash the entire proceedings pending against him in exercise of powers under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C.

2. The prosecution allegation is that on 6.6.2018 at about 4 pm, the petitioner along with rest of the accused formed themselves into an unlawful assembly and in prosecution of their common object, indulged in rioting and caused annoyance to the public in front of Pulimoottil Textiles at Thodupuzha. By their acts, the accused are alleged to have committed offence under Section 118(a) of the Kerala Police Act, 2011.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would contend that the facts are otherwise. The learned counsel would refer to Annexure-A2 and it is argued that marriage of the petitioner with one Neethu was scheduled to be held on 10.06.2018 at 10 am at St.George's Jacobite Syrian Church, Palakuzha. The petitioner along with his family members and family members of his fiancee