K. Padmanabhan Nair, J.

This is a petition filed under S.482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is the accused in Crime No. 46/CR/97 of the C.B.C.I.D., Crime Branch, Kollam, registered under Ss.366, 379 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code. It is averred that the 4th respondent after conducting the investigation filed a final report before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Harippad, who, in turn committed the case to the court of sessions, Mavelikkara and the same is pending before the additional Sessions Court-II as S.C. No. 100 of 1996. The prayer in this Crl. M. C. is to quash that sessions case.

2. A case was registered on 27th June 1995 at 1.00 p.m. as Crime No. 103 of 1995 under the caption "man missing" on a statement given by one Chellappan Pillai that his daughter Geetha Kumari, aged 27 years was missing from his house since 25th June 1995. The local police conducted investigation and came to the conclusion that Geetha Kumari was abducted by her husband a1ongwith the petitioners, Biju, Madhusudhanan Pillai and one Muralidharan from the premises of Mannarassala Temple, Harippad. On 1st July 1995, the dead body of Geetha Kumari was found floating i