ORDER :

The present petition is maintained by the petitioners under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter to be called as “the Code”) for quashing of F.I.R No.26/2022, dated 7.2.2022, under Sections 323, 325 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Jawali, District Kangra, H.P. alongwith all consequential proceedings arising out of the said F.I.R., pending before the learned trial Court.

2. Briefly stated the facts, giving rise to the present petition, as per the prosecution story, are that respondent No.4/complainant made a complaint before the police alleging therein that on 1.2.2022 around 10:00 a.m. petitioners No.1 to 5 started construction work of their new house, while petitioner No.6 being a driver of the tractor was providing the construction material to them. Respondent No.4 built a temporary wooden gate, so that stray animals could not be entered into his land. He had informed the petitioners to close the gate, but they did not pay any intention to close the wooden gate. Thereafter, respondent No.4 stopped the tractor of petitioner No.6 and told him to close the wooden gate after unloaded the construction material. Ho