ORDER

These three Criminal Miscellaneous Cases are connected and therefore I am disposing of these cases by a common order.

2. Petitioners and 1st respondents in these cases were Members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Petitioners in Crl.M.C. Nos.3178/2016 and 2111/2016 are the accused in C.C. No.1389/2015 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court – III, Thiruvananthapuram. The 1st respondent in these cases is the complainant in the above cases. Petitioner in Crl.M.C. No. 370/2016 is the 1st accused in C.C. No.1390/2015 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court – III, Thiruvananthapuram. The 1st respondent in the above case is the complainant in that case. The alleged incident in these cases happened on 13.03.2015 in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

3. I will narrate the facts in Crl.M.C. Nos.3178/2016 and 2111/2016 which are filed to quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 1389/2015 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court – III, Thiruvananthapuram. Petitioners are the accused in the above case. They were the members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The gist of the allegation in the complaint filed against the petitioners by the 1st resp