C. Y. SOMAYAJULU, J.

( 1 ) THESE petitions are filed to quash the FIRs registered against the petitioners on the basis of complaints given by the UCO Bank (i. e. ,2nd respondent in all these petitions) for offences under Section 420,464 and 468 IPC. Since common questions of fact and law arise in these petitions, they are being disposed of by a common order.

( 2 ) 2nd respondent (the Bank) filed private complaints against the petitioners alleging that petitioners, who are working in the office of the Accountant General, availed consumer loans by producing salary slips issued by the salary Disbursing Officer, with copies of irrevocable letter of authority given by them (petitioners/borrowers) authorizing him (Salary Disbursing Officer) to deduct the monthly installment amount to be paid by them to the Bank, directly to the credit of their loan account with the bank, and an undertaking letter of the Disbursing Officer, undertaking to deduct the monthly installments payable by the petitioners from their salary and that those amounts would be remitted to the credit of the account of the borrowers/petitioners, and when petitioners committed default in payment of the monthly installments

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