ORDER

The present petition has been preferred under Section 482 Cr. PC impugning order dated 25.04.2016 passed by Smt. Seema Kumari, Ld. Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Patna in Complaint Case No. 29254 (C) of 2014 whereby she has rejected the application of the petitioners filed under Section 205 Cr. PC for exemption from personal appearance.

2. The factual matrix as emerging from the record is that a criminal complaint bearing Complaint Case No. 29254 (C) of 2014 has been filed by the complainant (OP. No. 2 herein) against the petitioners for proceeding against them for offence punishable under Sections 499, 500, 501 and 502 IPC alleging that one Renu Kumari working as maid in the house of the complainant (OP. No. 2 herein) had gone to watch ‘Ravan Wadh’ in Gandhi Maidan, Patna on 03.10.2014 and died in the stampede. The complainant performed her last rites without taking a single paisa from the Government. However, on 07.10.2024 when the petitioner was reading Hindustan Newspaper, he came across a news which read that Raju Kumar @ Rajkumar had taken away the compensation money of his maid. The Complainant got greatly hurt and his reputation was damaged. The accused persons who are