JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, to call for the records relating to the proceedings of First Information Report in Crime No.845 of 2016 pending on the file of the 1st respondent police and quash the same in respect of petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 herein.)

1. This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in Crime No.845 of 2016 on the file of the first respondent, thereby having been taken cognizance for the offences under Sections 143 and 188 of I.P.C. as against the petitioners.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 24.11.2016, around 4.35, the petitioner along with other accused involved protest to oppose the Demonetizations' of Rs.1000/- and Rs.500/- notes, without getting prior permission from the authority concerned. On the basis of the above said allegation, the respondent police registered the complaint and filed a charge sheet against the petitioners and others for the offences under Sections 143 and 188 of IPC in Crime No.845 of 2016, on the file of the first respondent.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are a social activist and has been raising vo