M. VENUGOPAL & P.N. PRAKASH, JJ.

These Criminal Appeals have been preferred challenging the order dated 21.08.2017 passed in Crl.M.P.Nos.1669 and 1670 of 2017 on the file of the Special Court for NIA Cases at Puducherry,

2. The facts in brief leading to the present Appeals are as under:

On 29.01.2014, an explosive device was detected beneath the parked car of an Ex-Central Minister in Puducherry and based on the complaint given by N.Prem Kumar, P.C.015298, who was on duty at the Ex-Minister's residence, a case in Odiansalai Police Station, Puducherry Cr.No.25 of 2014 was registered under Section 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908. The case was taken up for further investigation by the CBCID, Puducherry and the penal provisions were altered to include Section 307 IPC and Sections 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (for short "the UAP Act"), apart from Section 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908. On the orders of the Central Government, the case was transferred to the National Investigating Agency (for short "the NIA") on 31.01.2014 and was re-registered as RC.No.01/2014/NIA/HYD on 02.02.2014.

3. A somewhat similar incident took place in Madura