ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the charge sheet in C.C. No. 1 of 2018 on the file of learned Principal Sessions Judge, Cuddalore.

2. Heard both sides.

3. The petitioner is an accused in a criminal case filed under Sec.199 (2) of Cr.P.C. in C.C. No.1 of 2018 by the respondent Prosecutor for the offence under Sec.499 and 500 of I.P.C. Aggrieved over that, the petitioner had filed this petition praying to quash the said criminal case.

4. The learned counsel for petitioner would submit that he has not made any statement affecting the discharge of public duties of respondent. Therefore, the petition filed under Sec.199(2) of Cr.P.C. as such is not maintainable and even assuming that those allegations are proved, it is only a personal statement and as a Propaganda Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, he was addressing in various meetings. Only due to political vengeance, at the instigation of then ruling party, the Prosecutor had filed the said criminal case, as such is not maintainable and also when there is no basic ingredients to attract the offence under Sec. 499 and 500 of I.P.C. Hence, the said criminal case is liable to be quas