1. The present petitioners, who are accused Nos. 1 to 6 in C.C. No. 723/2013, pending before the II Addl. Civil Judge and JMFC Court, Ballari (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Court below’ for brevity), have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the order dated 13.09.2017, passed by the Court below in C.C. No. 723/2013 dismissing the applications filed by these petitioners under Section 203 of Cr.P.C.

2. The summary of the case as could be gathered from the materials placed before this Court is that, the Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru (hereinafter referred to as ‘the RGUH’ for brevity) lodged a complaint on 14.03.2011, against unknown persons relating to the Post-Graduate Entrance Examination 2011 held at Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Ballari (hereinafter referred to as ‘the VIMS’ for brevity). It is alleged in the complaint that, some students who appeared in PGET examination at different centres filed a complaint to the Vice Chancellor, RGHU, Bengaluru on 03.03.2011 complaining about the mal practices said to have been practiced by the candidates in collusion with the invigilators. Two other pers