COMMON ORDER :- Since these two writ petitions filed by the accused in SC No.2 1 8 of 2007 on the file of Metropolitan Sessions Court, Hyderabad, assail the orders issued in G.O. Rt. No.1239, dated 3.8.2007 by respondent No.1-Government of Andhra Pradesh under Section 24(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Code') appointing Sri. P. Satya Murthy, Advocate, as a "Special Public Prosecutor" for conducting prosecution in the said Sessions Case, as being illegal and arbitrary, they are heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

Brief facts of the Case

2. The facts that gave rise to the filing of these two writ petitions are - At the instance of one Smt. Reena Sadna (hereinafter called as the 'de facto complainant') a case in Crime No.369 of 2006 on the file of the Police Station, Punjagutta, under Sections 302 and 379 I.P.C. was registered. In the said complaint, the complainant alleged that her husband Sri Jasbir Singh was murdered on the intervening night of 27/28.4.2006, and she suspected her servants namely A2 to A5, who are Nepalies, to be the culprits. During the course of investigation, she gave a statement that she suspec

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