ORDER

Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati, J.—The petitioners have preferred these three misc. petitions seeking quashing of FIR No.391/2017 registered at P.S. Kotwali, Bhilwara under Sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (for short referred to herein after as ‘PITA Act’).

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners jointly submit that the Circle Officer was not authorised under the PITA Act to have conducted the search and seizure proceedings. They relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case of Pankaj Bansal & Anr. vs. State of Rajasthan reported in 2018(1) Cr.L.R. (Raj.) 1, which reads as under:-

“Heard learned counsel for the parties. Perused the material available on record.

By way of this misc. petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioners seek to challenge the order dated 18.2.2017 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge No.4, Udaipur rejecting the revision preferred by the accused petitioners against the order dated 16.1.2017 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (P.C.P.N.D.T. Act Cases), Udaipur whereby, charges were directed to be framed against the petitioners for the offences under Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of