JUDGMENT :

S.K. Sahoo, J.

Who says politicians only fight amongst themselves at the time of election? Politics and conflicts are the two sides of the same coin. Political conflicts can go to any extent and it is not merely the difference of opinion but sometimes it is full of mudslinging and character assassination. Lack of political ideologies appears to be a common feature in such never ending conflicts. Politics without principle and politicians without character are the most damaging elements of the social order.

The petitioner Chiranjib Biswal even after being elected as a member of Legislative Assembly from 104Jagatsinghpur Assembly Constituency on the ticket of National Congress Party is fighting the legal battle against his rival candidate Bishnu Charan Das of Biju Janata Dal. While describing himself in the petition filed before this Court to have hailed from a disciplined, educated and respectable family, the petitioner in a wrong tone of voice has described his opponent as a notorious and destructive element having no regard for law and administration of justice.

2. The petitioner has filed this application under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 with a prayer