JUDGMENT :

1. The instant miscellaneous petition was filed by the petitioner-Mohan Singh Chatha S/o Shri Gurucharan Singh under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No.165/2018 registered at Police Station Chunawad, District Sri Ganganagar for the offences under Sections 436 & 457 of the IPC and all subsequent proceedings arising thereof qua the petitioner.

2. The concise facts that gave rise to the lodging of the FIR in the present matter are that the complainant approached the police on 06.09.2018 in order to initiate criminal proceedings against five named and 10-12 unnamed persons alleging that when he and his family were fast asleep, they heard noises of crackers being burst at around 02.00 a.m. He came out of his house and saw that the Bolero Car bearing vehicle No. RJ-13 UA 0269 which was parked in the garage was on fire. He and his family members tried to douse the fire but the car had burnt completely by then. When they stepped outside the gate of their house, they found a bucket filled with petrol fuel along with a cloth soaked with petrol. A jerrican cap which was reeking of petrol was also lying nearby and two empty bottles of beer were also found lying on the oppo