COMMON ORDER:

Both the criminal petitions are filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in C.C.Nos.256 & 296 of 2008 on the file of III Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Ongole, now transferred to the Special Court for Trial of Criminal Cases Relating to Elected MPs and MLAs at Vijayawada.

As the grounds urged in both the criminal petitions are one and the same, hence, I find it expedient to decide both the petitions by common order. Crl.P.No.5143 of 2018 is taken as a leading petition.

The petitioner is arrayed as accused in both the calendar cases registered for the offences punishable under Sections 353, 186, 341, 506 & 509 of Indian Penal Code (for short ‘I.P.C’) for obstructing and assaulting and intimidating the officials while they were discharging public functions. It is also averred in the charge sheet that this petitioner is also liable for punishment for the offence punishable under Section 509 of I.P.C for insulting the modesty of Smt. Udayalakshmi, I.A.S (L.W.9)/first respondent in Crl.P.No.5144 of 2018 and further liable for punishment under Section 7(1) of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 for prejudice of employment