ORAL ORDER

1. By way of this application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “Cr.P.C.”), the applicant has prayed to quash and set aside compliant/FIR being C.R. No. 11191032220366 of 2022 registered with City Maninagar Police Station, Ahmedabad City for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420 and 120B of IPC as well as Sections 23(e), 23(f), 23(g), 23(h), and 23(i) of the Securities Contract (Regulation) Act, 1957 and under Section 12A of the Gujarat Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887 and all the consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

2. The facts of the case are that the complainant, a police constable, received a message from the control room stating that, according to information provided by a private individual, a person was using a mobile application called Meta Traders 5 to trade in the stock market. Consequently, the respondent complainant raided the premises and lodged an FIR after taking the applicant to the police station.

3. Learned advocate for the applicant submits that the applicant has nothing to do with the offence and he is falsely implicated in it. It is submitted that there is a specific bar contained in