1. The petitioner was, formerly, the Minister for Education and Tourism, in the Union Territory of Puducherry. He is the first accused in C.C.No. 32 of 2012 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate-I, Tindivanam in Tamil Nadu. Altogether, there are three accused in the case. The learned Magistrate has taken cognizance of offences punishable under Sections 465, 468, 471, 419 r/w. 120-B IPC. Seeking to quash the said proceedings, the petitioner has come up with this petition.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is as follows:-

"(i) The petitioner was formerly a Minister in the Union Territory of Puducherry, during the period between June, 2012 and November, 2012. One Adhavan, viz., the second accused in this case, was, then, working as a graduate teacher at the Adi-Dravidar Welfare Higher Secondary School at Singanoor, Tindivanam, in the State of Tamil Nadu. The third accused was, then, working as an Assistant at the office of District Educational Officer at Tindivanam, in the State of Tamil Nadu. In the Xth standard Government examination held in the year 1995, the petitioner failed in Science and Social Science subjects. Thereafter, for his own reasons, he co