THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR JUKANTI CRIMINAL PETITION No.15106 OF 2024

O R D E R:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (for short ‘BNSS’) by petitioners/accused Nos.6, 10, 14 and 20 to quash the proceedings against them in CC.No.784 of 2018 on the file of Junior Civil Judge-cum-Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Armoor.

2. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and Mr. Surepalli Prashanth, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent– State. Perused the material on record.

3. A complaint dated 06.09.2017, is filed by V.Anil PC-102 of Nandipet Police Station. The gist of the complaint is that one Mr. Barki Mukesh uploaded a post on Facebook in which he morphed and placed a photo of Lord Hanuman idol on a mosque along with the letters of Jai Shri Ram. There was unrest between members of both Hindu and Muslim communities and they started pelting stones at each other. To disperse the mob, the police personnel reached the spot at about 8:30 p.m. A crowd of 100 mob were armed with stones. When asked to disperse immediately as it is an unlawful assembly, the mob pelted stones on the police by paying deaf ear to t