ORDER :

1. As both these petitions arise out of a common crime number, they are heard together and are disposed of by this common order.

2. Learned counsel Shri Ganesh Kumar R appears for the petitioners in Crl. Pet. No. 3817/2017 who are arraigned as Accused Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9 in Spl. C.C. No. 243/2004 through video-conferencing. Shri Ravi B. Naik, learned Senior counsel appears for the learned counsel Smt. Vijetha R. Naik for the petitioners in Crl. Pet. No. 3819/2017 who are arraigned as Accused Nos. 1 and 5 in Spl. C.C. No. 243/2004. Both these petitions are filed by the respective petitioners seeking to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against them for offences punishable under Sections 420, 468, 471, 120B of IPC, 1860, besides Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the PC Act, 1988.

3. Heard the learned Senior counsel Shri Ravi B. Naik for the petitioners in Crl. Pet. No. 3819/2017, Shri Ganesh Kumar R. for the petitioners in Crl. Pet. No. 3817/2017, learned Spl. PP for the CBI Shri P. Prasanna Kumar and perused the material on record.

4. Learned counsel Shri Ganesh Kumar R has addressed his arguments by highlighting certain facts and involvement of the accused and a