ORDER (COMMON)

M. Nirmal Kumar, J.—These Criminal Original Petitions have been filed praying to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.37 of 2013, pending on the file of XII Additional Special Court for CBI Cases at Chennai and quash the same.

2. For the sake of clarity, the petitioners are referred as, according to their ranks, as mentioned in the charge.

3. The petitioners are A2 and A1 / wife & husband. The grounds raised by them are common, hence, by way of a Common Order, both the petitions are taken up together for final disposal.

4. The short facts of the case are as follows:-

(i) The 1st petitioner/A2 is the wife and the 2nd petitioner/A1 is the husband. A1 was working as an Appraiser in Air-Cargo Complex, Customs, Meenambakkam, Chennai. The petitioners’ assets for the check period 01.01.2005 to 30.09.2012 are as follows:

Sl. No.	Description	Amount Rs.
1.	Assets at the beginning of the check period Statement “A”	22,17,210.00
2.	Assets at the end of the check period Statement “B”	1,36,78,086.83
3.	Assets acquired during the check