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The present Criminal Original Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.233 of 2023 pending on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court, Cheyyar.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 28.08.2023, the petitioners and others trespassed into the property of the de facto complainant, abused him and criminally intimidated him for consenting to the acquisition of his land for the SIPCOT project. It is further alleged that the accused insisted the de facto complainant to join them in the protest against the acquisition of agricultural land for the said project. Consequently, a case in Crime No.316 of 2023 was registered by the respondent Police for the offences under Sections 147, 341, 294(b) & 506(I) IPC. After completion of investigation, the final report was filed before the Judicial Magistrate Court, Cheyyar for the offences under Sections 147, 341, 294(b), 506(I) & 447 IPC and the learned Magistrate took c