Judgment

Sanjeev Kumar, J.—The petitioner is a Councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil, (LAHDCK) and claims to be an educationally qualified and law abiding citizen of the country. He, however, is aggrieved of registration of FIR No.34/2020 registered in Police Station Kargil for commission of offences under Sections 124-A, 153-A, 153-B and 505(2), 120-B of the Indian Penal Code pursuant to the communication of respondent No.4 dated 19.06.2020. The petitioner is also aggrieved of the police report submitted by SHO, Police Station, Kargil to the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kargil, in terms of Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner seeks quashment of FIR and the entire subsequent proceedings taken pursuant thereto including the order dated 17.09.2020 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kargil.

2. Before proceeding to consider the grounds of challenge urged by the petitioner to justify invoking the inherent powers of this Court vested by virtue of Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. against registration of FIR and subsequent proceedings taken thereon, it would be appropriate to notice few material facts.

3. On 18.06.2020 the poli