ORDER :

1. The petitioner/A1, who is facing trial in S.T.C.No.748 of 2022, before the Judicial Magistrate Court, Eraniel, for the offences under Sections 269 and 270 of the I.P.C. and Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 , has filed the quash application.

2. The case against the petitioner is that, on 05.08.2020, while the second respondent was on patrol duty, the petitioner, along with other individuals, assembled at the location of the incident and staged a protest against the Government. The protest was against the construction of a Ramar Temple in Ayodhya, the Muttalak Act, and the removal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir guaranteed under Article 370 of the Constitution of India. Based on the above complaint, the first respondent registered a case in Crime No.324 of 2020 for the offences under Sections 269 and 270 of the I.P.C. and Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 against the petitioner and others.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that although the complaint does not disclose any cognizable offences and despite the fact that the complaint given by the second respondent does not make out any cognizable offences against the petitioner,