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3. The case of the petitioners is that an FIR was lodged on 05.03.2023 by the complainant stating that the petitioners had forcibly entered a PHED quarter at Science College, Jotsoma and assaulted certain individuals while making allegations concerning their involvement in proxy voting during the recently concluded 14 th Nagaland Legislative Assembly elections. Upon registration of the FIR, the petitioners appeared before the Investigating Officer and their statements were recorded under section 161 Cr.PC. Subsequently, the petitioners were granted bail by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate Kohima on 16.03.2023. The petitioners submits that the alleged incident arose from political tensions following the elections and the petitioners had no intention to commit any offence and they have been falsely implicated in the matter due to politically sensitive circumstances. However, during the investigation, the petitioners as well as the complainant/respondent No.2 expressed Page No.# 3/4 their mutual desire to put the incident behind them and live peacefully without pursuing the matter any further. Therefore, the petitioners had also filed an application being I.A No.50/2025 before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate seeking compounding of the offence. However, the said application remains pending without adjudication. Being aggrieved, the petitioners are before this Court praying for a direction to quash the entire proceeding including all consequential actions arising out of Kohima Sechu(Z) Police Station Case No.0008/2023 under sections 323,352,447,448,451 and 34 of IPC corresponding to G.R Case No.48/2023 pending before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate Kohima.