Mangesh S. Patil, J.

Heard.

2. Rule. The rule is made returnable forthwith. The learned APP waives service for respondent State. With the consent of both the sides the matter is heard finally at the stage of admission.

3. In this proceeding under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the applicants who are the accused in Crime No. 279/2018 registered with Police Station Dindrud District Beed for the offence punishable under section 39 of the Maharashtra Money Lending (Regulation) Act, 2014 ( hereinafter, "the Act"), are seeking its quashment.

4. Facts leading to the filing of this application may be summarized as under:

One Dattatraya Ramkisan More and his wife Vithabai More resident of Kari Tq. Dharur District Beed lodged a complaint with District Registrar Co-Operative Societies Beed inter alia alleging that the applicants are indulging in illegal money lending and were threatening them. One Shri. S.D. Neharkar was appointed to carry out the enquiry. He submitted report dated 24.05.2017 holding that there was no money lending. Shri. Dattatraya Ramkisan More then challenged that order before the District Magistrate who directed the matter to be enquired afresh by con