C-482 NO. 820 OF 2005 Hon. Prafulla C. Pant, J. Mr. Sanjeev Singh, Advocate present for the petitioner. Mr. M.A. Khan, Brief Holder for respondent No. 1. None present for respondent No. 2 / complainant even after being personally served with the notices on him. Heard. By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has sought quashing of proceedings of Criminal Complaint Case No. 2545 of 2004; Rajpal Singh Vs. Rampal Singh and others, relating to offences punishable under Section 323, 427, 504, 506 of I.P.C., police station Kankhal, District Haridwar, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned criminal complaint is grave abuse of process of law on the part of the complainant. It is pleaded that the petitioner Hitendra Singh Chauhan and the other two accused namely, Rampal Singh and Seva Ram are public servants, who were discharging their public functions in removing the encroachment from the public property, under the order dated 16.01.2024, passed by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Haridwar. The complaint Rajpal Singh has filed the criminal complaint making false allegations against the petitioner and the two co-accused in an attempt to stop them from discharging their public duty. The respondents have not controverted the aforesaid facts. Respondent No. 2 / complainant was served personally with the notices in the year 2006, but he has not filed any counter affidavit to the affidavit filed with the petition, by the petitioner. Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and after going through the papers on record, this Court finds that the impugned criminal proceedings are nothing but abuse of process of law on the part of the complainant / respondent No. 2. Therefore, the proceedings of Criminal Complaint Case No. 2545 of 2004; Rajpal Singh Vs. Rampal Singh and others, relating to offences punishable under Section 323, 427, 504, 506 of I.P.C., police station Kankhal, District Haridwar, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar, are hereby quashed. Accordingly, the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. stands allowed. (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 05.04.2010 HN