ORDER

M. Karpagavinayagam, J. - This is an application to quash the entire proceedings pending in P.R.C. No. 6 of 1994 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No. II, Pollachi filed by the petitioners A1 to A5.

2. The petitioners were charge-sheeted on 31-12-1993 for the offences under Sections 120-B, 395, 201, 467, 471 and 109, IPC. The following is the gist of the charge-sheet: -

“The first petitioner A1 was the sitting MLA for Kinathukadavu constituency in 1983. The second petitioner A2 is the youndger son and fourth petitioner is the younger brother of A1. The third pedtitioner A3 was an accountant under the first petitioner. The fifth petitioner A5 was working as Tahasildar at Pollachi. During the last week of January, 1983 the petitioners 1 to 3 and approvers Sugumaran and Rathinasamy hatched a criminal conspiracy at the house of the first petitioner at Negaman by agrreing to do certain actsw of dacoity by cutting the two live rose - wood trees standing in Government poromboke lands at Sankarayapuram village in Pollachi Taluk In pursuance of the said conspiracy, sec ond petitioner and third petitioner along with approves Sugumaran and Rathinasamy and other paid workers