ORDER

The revision petitioner herein is the accused in C.C.No.2 of 1999 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Tirur, and the first respondent herein is the complainant therein. She filed complaint originally before the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Parappanangadi as C.C.No.172 of 1995 against her husband and four others alleging bigamous marriage punishable under Section 494 IPC. During the trial process before the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Parappanangadi, the first accused went absconding, and the others faced trial. By judgment dated 29.05.1998, the accused Nos.3 to 5 were acquitted by the learned Magistrate, and the case against the first accused was split up and refiled as C.C.No.429 of 1998. After that the case was made over to the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Tirur by orders of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Manjeri and there it was refiled as C.C.No.2 of 1999. The complainant was married by the first accused on 31.10.1993 in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies, and they fell apart after the birth of the 4th child. She has been residing separately from her husband for years. Her complaint is that while her