THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION NO.4412 OF 2024

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos. 7 and 9 in C.C.No.444 of 2019 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Gadwal, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 188 and 290 of Indian Penal Code (for short the ‘IPC’).

2. The brief facts of the case are that Sri Nithya Pujaiah, PC 1864 of Gadwal Town Police Station lodged complaint on 30.07.2018 at 14:30 hours, stating that when he along with his staff were performing ‘blue colt’ mobile patrolling duty, at about 12.00 p.m., the congress party workers conducted motor bike rally by using D.J sound system on the main roads of Gadwal Town and causing disturbance to public peace. On their enquiry, they revealed that the congress party workers did not take any prior permission from the competent authority to conduct rally and to use D.J sound system. Basing on the said complaint the police registered a case in Crime No.216 of 2018 for the offences punishable under Sections 188 and 290 of IPC and after completi