ORDER :

The petitioners in these petitions call in question First Information Report registered on 17-02-022 by the Central Bureau Investigation in No. RC0782022E0001 for offences punishable under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’ for short) and Section 120B read with Section 420 of the IPC.

2. The petitioner in Criminal Petition No.7325 of 2022 is the company/accused No.1. Petitioners in Criminal Petition No.7345 of 2022 who are accused 2 to 5 are Directors of the Company/accused No.1. Since all the petitioners challenge the very same crime registered against them, these cases are taken up together and considered by this common order.

3. The petitioner in Criminal Petition No.7325 of 2022 is ‘Associate Lumbers Private Limited’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Company’ for short). The Company, one incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, is engaged in the business of trading timber, teakwood, packing cases, plywood and other wood products. It is the claim of the Company that the Company had been a c