A.K.Ganguly, J.

1. All these cases were heard simultaneously one after another as they involve common questions and they are therefore decided by one judgment.

2. All these four applications under Sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure were filed by the petitioners who are accused in connection with a criminal cases which are known as Animal Husbandary Fodder Scams case in this State.

3. The main allegation in this case is that the officers of the Animal Husbandary Department, Government of Bihar, both at the district and Secretariat level acting in collusion with Treasury Officers and officers of the Finance Department at the Secretariat level withdraw huge sums of money in excess of the financial sanction against fake allotment orders and vouchers. In connection with the investigation of this case various suppliers, traders and businessman are also involved and have been shown as accused.

4. On the basis of the order passed by a Division Bench of this Court dated 11th March, 1996 Reported in (1996) 2 BLJR 869 (DB), the Central Bureau of Investigation has been directed to enquire and scrutinise all the cases of excess withdrawal and expenditure of the department of Ani