Requests are made in these applications by the petitioners, who are arraigned as accused in Crime No.6 of 2015 of Madanapalle II Town Police Station, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh; Crime No.378 of 2014 of Nellore III Town Police Station, SPSR Nellore, Andhra Pradesh; and Crime No.3 of 2015 of Peddapadu Police Station, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, to invoke the inherent power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short Code), and to quash the First Information Reports (FIR) in the said crimes.

2. The offences alleged against the petitioners are punishable under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of Indian Penal Code 1860, 5 of Andhra Pradesh Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishment Act, 1999 (APPDFE Act), 4 of Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act, 1978 (PC & MCSB Act) and under the provisions of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (RBI Act).

3. For convenience sake, the names of the petitioners in these petitions, crime numbers, their status in the array of accused in these crimes, names of the company with which the