ORAL ORDER

In this petition, the petitioners seek the following reliefs:

"i) Wherefore, the petitioner prays that this Hon'ble Court be pleased to quash the entire proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.141/2023 of Puttur Town Police Station, D.K., District for the offence punishable under Section 143 , 147, 341 , 269 , 353 , 323 , 427 , 506 r/w 149 of Indian Penal Code and Section 2(a) and 2(b) of KPDLP Act pending on the file of Principal Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Puttur, Dakshina Kannada, which is produced atANNEXURE-'A', in the above case, in the interests of justice."

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned HCGP for respondent No.1 and perused the material on record.

3. In addition to reiterating the various contentions urged in the petition, learned counsel for the petitioners invited my attention to the impugned complaint dated 15.08.2021 in order to point out that necessary ingredients constituting the offence punishable under Section 353 of IPC were missing/absent in the complaint coupled with the fact that the remaining offences are non-cognizable offences, the impugned proceedings without seeking necessary permission under Section 152(2) of Cr.