Shiv Narayan Dhingra, J.

1. These two petitions have been preferred by the petitioners with prayer for quashing of charge-sheet qua them and also for quashing of order dated 6th July, 2009 of taking cognizance and issuing summons against them as accused in C.C. No. 189 of 2009 arising out of the said charge-sheet and the proceedings thereunder.

2. The petitioners had conducted a sting operation to expose the practice prevalent amongst some of the Members of Parliament of taking money for asking question in the Parliament. This practice was known to public for quite some time but was not brought to notice of the public at large with credible proof. The petitioners took upon themselves the responsibility of exposing such persons with documentary proof and conducted a sting operation. The result of this sting operation was made public by airing the same on TV channels on 12th December 2005 and the entire nation watched some members of Parliament accepting money for asking questions. After this operation was aired, a committee was constituted by Lok Sabha on 17th December 2005 to enquire into the allegations of conduct of those members of Parliament whose names figured in the operation.