N. ANAND VENKATESH, J.

1. This petition has been filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, challenging the charges framed against the petitioner in SC No.48 of 2011 by the learned IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tirunelveli.

2. The brief facts of the case of the prosecution is that on 07.01.2010 at around 2.40 pm, in the Ambasamudram ? Tenkasi High Road, the Sub Inspector of Police, namely, Vetrivel was brutally hacked to death with deadly weapons and also country bombs were thrown at him. A case was registered in Crime No.2 of 2010, for the offences under Sections 120(B), 147, 148 and 307 IPC and Sections 3(a) and 4(a) of the Indian Explosives Substance Act, 1908. The said Vetrivel died on the same day and hence Section 302 IPC was also included in the altered FIR. After completion of the investigation, a final report was filed in PRC No.16 of 2010 against 18 accused persons. The petitioner in this Criminal Original Petition was arrayed as A-6 therein.

3. The case was committed to the Court of Sessions in SC No.48 of 2011 and the same is pending on the file of the learned IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tirunelveli. After the committal, the Sess