(Prayer in Crl.O.P.No.21519 of 2017: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to set aside the order passed by the leaned V Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore at Allikulam, Chennai, dated 30.08.2017 made in C.C.No.18953 of 2005.

in Crl.O.P.No.21520 of 2017: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to set aside the order passed by the learned V Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore at Allikulam, Chennai, dated 26.07.2017 made in Crl.M.P.No.4030 of 2016 in C.C.No.18953 of 2005.)

1. These Criminal Original Petitions have been filed challenging the order passed by the Court below dismissing the petition filed by the petitioner to eschew the evidence of PW-1 and the order passed by the Court below closing the evidence of PW-2 to PW-4.

2. The petitioner is facing trial before the Court below for the alleged offence under Section 454, 457 & 380 of IPC. The prosecution had examined four witnesses including the de facto complainant, who was examined as PW-1. None of these witnesses were cross examined and their evidence was closed. The petitioner filed an application under Section 311 of Cr.P.C., t