ORDER :

Batch of these petitions are preferred by the accused in a solitary crime. Different petitions are preferred by different accused. Criminal Petition No.5952 of 2023 is preferred by accused Nos.1 and 2; Criminal Petition No.5788 of 2023 is preferred by accused No.4 and Criminal Petition No.5741 of 2023 is preferred by accused No.7. They are all accused in Criminal Case No.2319 of 2023 pending before the II Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Davanagere. Since facts that trigger registration of the crime are common, these petitions are taken up together and considered by this order.

2. Facts, in brief, adumbrated are as follows:

(I) Criminal Petition No.5952 of 2023:

(a) It is the case of the prosecution that it received credible information that an unknown person by name Senthil was standing in front of S.V. Complex, No.19, Bellary Road, Bengaluru and was found selling skin, antlers and teeth of wild animals. On such information being received, the sleuths of Hebbala Police Station with