Petitioner is one among the accused, A14, in Crime No.70/2005 of Sooranad Police Station. After investigation of the crime, final report was laid against the accused in the aforesaid crime for offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 332 and 307 r/w Section 149 of Indian Penal Code and Section 3(2) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Properties Act, for short, 'PDPP Act'. Petitioner, it is submitted, appeared in the committal proceedings, but, after such committal when the case came up before the Sessions Court, he kept himself aloof. Trial against the coaccused proceeded before the Sessions Court ended in their acquittal. Annexure A is the copy of that judgment. Banking upon the order of acquittal rendered in favour of the rest of the accused in the aforesaid case, petitioner has filed the above petition for quashing the proceedings now pending against him as Sessions Case No.1976 of 2011 before the Additional District and Sessions Court (Adhoc) II, Kollam, which has arisen from the split up case after its inclusion in the long pending cases. The learned counsel adverting to the
