O R D E R

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to quash the proceedings in S.T.C.No.4307 of 2021 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Coimbatore, thereby having been taken cognizance for the offences under Sections 147, 188 and 285 of I.P.C. as against the petitioner.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 18.04.2018 at around

15.45 p.m. the petitioner along with other accused had assembled before Singanallur Bus Stand, Coimbatore and raised slogan to arrest H.Raja, who had made defamatory slogan against the leader of DMK without getting prior permission from the concerned authority. On the basis of the above said allegation, the respondent police registered the complaint and filed a charge sheet against the petitioner and others for the offences under Sections 147, 188 and 285 of IPC in S.T.C.No.4307 of 2021, on the file the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Coimbatore.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is a social activist and has been raising voice for the public cause and public welfare, whenever injustice and inaction of the government machineries. In order to draw the attention of the Central and State