JUDGMENT

Criminal Petition No.36 of 2019 has been filed by the petitioner under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the entire criminal proceedings initiated under FIR Case No.3(4) 2019 of TBL DAM Police Station registered under Section 353/509/34 IPC, non-existent and superseded Section 3(i)(x) of SC & ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 and Section 131(1)(b)(2) of RP Act, 1951, as the same is unconstitutional and unwarranted and is gross misuse and miscarriage of justice.

2. Anticipatory Bail Application No.9 of 2019 has been filed by the petitioner under Section 438 Cr.P.C. to grant him anticipatory bail in FIR Case No.3(4) 2019 of TBL DAM Police Station.

3. Since the First Information Report involved in these petitions is one and the same, both the petitions were heard together and disposed of by this common order.

4. The case of the prosecution is that on 18.4.2019 at about 12.20 p.m. while the complainant was performing his duty at the Polling Station No.7/40, Nongpok Keithelmanbi Primary School, one unknown person came to him and called him out to meet one MLA who was sitting with his associates at the community hall located nearby the area. As informed, the complainant went to meet