Order.- Cr. M. P. No. 2841 of 1974 has been filed by the petitioners, namely accused 1 to 4, 7, 9, 10 to 14, 17, 18, 20, for transfer of S. C. No. 67 of 1974 from the file of Assistant Sessions Judge, Ramanathapuram at Devakottai, to the file of any other Court of competent jurisdiction within the District or at Madurai. Cr. M. P. No. 3130 of 1974 has been filed to quash the order of committal made in P.R.C. No. 3 of 1974 on the file of the Court of Judicial Second Glass Magistrate, Karaikudi.

2. I shall first take up Cr. M. P. No. 313 of 1974. This petition has been filed by the aforesaid accused to quash the committal proceedings on the main ground that the Judicial Second, Class Magistrate, Karaikudi, has not followed the procedure laid down under (the new Code of Criminal Procedure, hereinafter called “the Code”) in cases of private complaints and, therefore, the committal was illegal.

3. The facts of the case are these: One Muthana Kone, the second respondent herein, filed a private complaint before the District Magistrate, Devakottai on 5th February, 1974 alleging that the petitioners herein and six others trespassed into his land at Sattanendalpatti village on 30th January, 19

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