JUDGMENT :

H.P. SANDESH, J.

1. These appeals are filed challenging the judgment of acquittal dated 20.08.2011 passed in C.C. Nos. 14692/2007, 17140/2007 and 14691/2007 respectively, on the file of the XX Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru.

2. All the three appeals are taken up together since the complainant and the accused are common in C.C. Nos. 14692/2007 and 14691/2007. The very same accused is accused No. 2 in C.C. No. 17140/2007 and accused No. 1 is Aditya Minerals represented by the same accused. Though the independent witnesses of PW-1 are examined, all the witnesses are one and the same and documents in C.C. Nos. 14692/2007 and 14691/2007 are similar both in respect of the complainant and the accused. The documents in C.C. No. 17140/2007 are also similar, but there are slight changes. The judgments are also independently delivered by the Trial Court by the very same Presiding Officer, hence all these appeals are taken up together for common disposal.

3. The parties are referred to as per their original rankings before the Trial Court as complainant and accused in order to avoid the confusion and for the convenience of the Court.

4. The factual matrix of the case