(, That apart, tl're offcnce :rllegerl to lrirvt' l)t'crr onrrnittcd ttnder Secticn 283 of the Indian Pc'nal Codc bv thc rr titionc rs ar-rd othcrs is obviously in conseqrrcncc l() tlrc :rllt'r 'rl olli'nce r-rudcr Sectio;r 188 of Indian Pt:rrirl Cotlr, :rrr<l,.i ltoL en independent of thc same. Even othcrrvisc, rtrt' r rrrrlrrct of public meeting at three roacl junctions ()r ()l)stru( t orr to the traffic could not have been consiclt:rcrl rrs cirrrsin;,. r rr clrrrrgcr or injury to anl. person. In so far as tlrc oltstrlLc r, r in iLrry public way i:; concerned, lr,hich can also lrc covcrt'rl r Scctiorr 283 of the In<lian Penal Code, the ch:rrgc shcct <:ilr.r onlr onc rr.,itness to speak about the traffic ..;am t':rLrs<,rl l;, rhe road show. Bttt,,vhen the conduct ol tlte pLl l)llC lncoting rr lc:rst at one place h,:rs been permitted anrl r[ tltc gathcr irr I lirr lhat public meeting rcsulted in any incorrvt:nrcrr< r' lr r,r,ay of obstructing he traffic, the samc cannol l)c consir r r ,.d 1o lte u,ith necessary guilty mens rea to constrlrc tl.rc cxis:, rrcr-' of :rn offence punrsl'rable under Indiarr Pcnal Cork'. I rrrler t]rc circumstaJrcos, none of the ofler-rces irllcgecl c:rn l;c s:r rl to have any reasonal;lc basis and in any vicw. lht: c<;rn1;lri rr/chirrgc sheet being ir.r violation of Section 195 ( I ) (.i) o Cocle of Criminal Pro,:t:dure, has to fail. 7) As the complaint has f:riled duc to its ur.r strst rrnzrbility, the proceedingls in their entirety have to lail, tliou,: r tht, l st accttsed alone approached this Cotrrr l;y r,r,:r y of tlris Crintjnal Petition."
