Bharati Dangre, J.

Both the aforesaid applications seek a concordant relief of quashing and setting aside of C.R.No.19 of 2017 registered by Deolali Camp Police Station, Nashik on 27th March 2017, thereby arraying the applicants in both these Applications as accused. By the said C.R, offences under Sections 306, 451, 500 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 and 7 of the Officials Secrets Act, 1923, have been invoked and applied against the applicants.

Since the relief sought in both the applications is more of less of the same nature, both the applications are heard together.

2. Criminal Application No.731 of 2017 is filed by the applicant who is a Journalist by profession and has worked in the said capacity for various newspapers and news channels. At the time of registration of FIR, the said applicant was working as an Associate Editor of Web News Portal, 'The Quint'. The applicant claims that she has been credited with various breaking news and has an outstanding career in investigative journalism and has received many accolades and awards for her work in the said field. She has specifically asserted in her application that she has exposed several c