1. These petitions are heard and decided together since certain common issues arise.

2. In first of these petitions, petitioner no.1, M/s. Coastal Mines and Minerals (Hereinafter referred to as ‘CMM’, for brevity) is a registered partnership firm. Petitioner no.2, Prasanna V Ghotage (Hereinafter referred to as ‘Ghotage’, for brevity), is one of the partners of CMM. Petitioner no.3 has no connection with CMM. He is the General Manager of a proprietory concern, of which, Ghotage is the proprietor Petitioner no.4 claims that he is not at all associated either with Petitioner No.1 or 2. Petitioner no.5 is said to be the Export Manager of a proprietory concern of Ghotage. Petitioner no.6 is said to be the Chief Executive Officer of M/s. Hira Steels Limited (Hereinafter referred to as ‘HSL’, for brevity) of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Petitioner no.7 also claims no association with Petitioner no.1. Petitioner no.8 also claims to have no connection with petitioner no.1. But, all the petitioners have joined in filing this petition in the light of a First Information Report in FIR 179/2012 filed by HSL at Raipur, Chhattisgarh State, in which they have been named. The present writ petitio