MOTILAL B. NAIK, J.

( 1 ) IN all these criminal petitions which are filed under Section 482 of Cr. P. C. petitioners have questioned the validity of criminal proceedings pending against them in the Court of the IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad in C. C. Nos. 70/97, 64/97, 63/97, 54/97, 72/97, 225/93, 223/93, 60/97, 450/92, 220/93, 53/97, 595/94, 73/97, 67/98 and 59 of 1997 respectively on various grounds and seek to quash the same and to pass appropriate orders as is deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

( 2 ) SINCE the issues involved in these petitions and the relief sought are common, these petitions are taken up together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

( 3 ) BEFORE we proceed to examine the issues raised before us in these criminal petitions, we deem it appropriate to trace few facts leading to filing of these petitions which are narrated as under :

( 4 ) A society by name Sri Venkateshwara Co-operative House Building Society Limited for Andhra Pradesh Legislators, Hderabad was floated by registering with the Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Housing Society, Hyderabad vide registration No. TAB/185 dated 4-4-1977 with 20 members and share ca

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