ORDER: This revision has been filed against the orders passed by the XIV Metropolitan Magistrate in Crl.M.P. No.4986 of 1998 in C.C. No. 7914 of 1997 on its file, dismissing the application for dropping proceedings against the petitioners herein of offences under Secs.500, 501, 502 and 153, I.P.C.

2. Before going into objections raised by the petitioners, a brief narration of the facts as revealed by the complaint is necessary:

The complainant/respondent Thiru Sathiyamoorthy who is a Law Graduate and was an elected member of the Legislative Assembly in 1980 and 1991 belong to All India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (hereinafter referred to as “AIADMK”) and was a Minister for Commercial Taxes during the period 1993 to 1996. In addition, he was also the Head Quarters Secretary of the AIADMK. He was also the District Secretary of the party for Ramanathapuram District. As such he was being a respected and honoured by every person in the party.

3. The first petitioner is the Printer, Publisher and Proprietor of Nakeern publications, while the second petitioner is the Editor and Administrative Editor of Nakkeeran Publications. The accused were responsible for publishing weekly magazine Nakk

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