J.B. Pardiwala, J.—Since the issues raised in all the captioned applications are the same and the parties are also same, those were heard analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

2. By these applications under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the applicants-original accused Nos.2, 3 and 4, seek to invoke the inherent powers of this Court praying for quashing of the thirty criminal cases registered in the court of the learned 12th Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vadodara arising from the complaints filed under section 138 of the N.I. Act for the dishonour of the cheques.

3. For the sake of convenience, the Criminal Misc. Application No.9134 of 2016 is treated as the lead matter.

4. The applicants-original accused Nos.2, 3 and 4 have prayed for the following reliefs;

“(A) To quash and set aside the complaint being Criminal Case No.49661 of 2015 pending before the Hon’ble Court of 12th Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vadodara at Annexure-A and to pass all incidental and consequential orders as may be d