1. - This is a Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing the F.I.R. No. 255/2012 dated 6.6.2012 registered at Police Station Kotwali, District-Barmer. The F.I.R. has been registered against the present petitioners for offences under Sections 384, 385 and 500 I.P.C.

2. It is contended that F.I.R. has been registered against the petitioner by Mewa Ram Jain, Local M.L.A., Barmer, who is a powerful politician. The said F.I.R. is misuse of the process of law, which was filed only to exert political influence on police machinery. The complainant himself is involved in number of irregularities and corruption cases and various F.I.Rs. have been registered against him in the past. It is further stated that the said F.I.R. has been filed with mala fide intention. The petitioner No. 1 has filed D.B. Civil Writ (PIL) Petition No. 9730/2011 (Mahaveer Jain v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.) before this Court wherein the complainant and his associates are impleaded as respondents. Further, petitioner No. 1 is Editor-cum-Publisher of daily News Paper "Maru Lehar" and he was instrumental in exposing number of corruption cases and in I some of those cases, respondent No. 3 is involved. Th