Arunachalam, J.

1. The petitioner is the first accused in C.C. No. 2175 of 1980 on the file of XI Metropolitan Magistrate, Saidapet. The prosecution has been initiated against him and two others, on a private complaint preferred by the respondents for offences under Section 120B read with Section 494, Indian Penal Code, and Section 17 of the Hindu Marriage Act. The respondent is the wife of the petitioner. The second accused in the case, Vimala, was the erstwhile wife of the third accused, C.G. Rangabashyam.

2. On 19-4-1979, the respondent filed a complaint against these three accused and one another for offence under Section 120B read with Section 494, Indian Penal Code, and Section 17 of the Hindu Marriage Act. The complaint was taken on file as C.C. No. 1417 of 1979, on the file of the same Magistrate. The allegation in the complaint was, that the petitioner had married the second accused (Vimala) on 26-3-1978 at Tirumalai, during the subsistence of his marriage with the respondent. The third accused C.G. Rangabashyam, filed a petition under Section 482, Crl. P.C. in this court, numbered as Crl. M.P. No. 2233 of 1979, to quash the proceedings therein. By an order dated 25-