Navin Sinha, J.

1. This order shall dispose of Cr. Misc. No. 29832/2000 preferred by one Jayant Dang and Cr. Misc. No. 34712/2000 preferred by one Prabhat Ranjan. Cognizance having been taken against both the petitioners in Complaint Case No. 1558(C) of 1998, both the petitioners preferred application u/s. 205, Cr PC for dispensing with their personal appearance. By an order dated 22.8.2000 passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Patna the prayer for grant of relief u/s. 205, Cr PC has been declined. Thus the petitioners who are impleaded as accused No. 2 and accused No. 6 respectively in the complaint petition have approached this Court.

2. The allegations as made out in Complaint Case No. 1558(C) of 1998 for the purposes of the present application may be stated succinctly. Suffice it to say that the opposite party as complainant instituted the present complaint based upon what was originally a commercial interaction by him with regard to taking of a loan from M/s Escorts Finance Limited, a company registered under the Indian Companies Act, situated at New Delhi. Both the present petitioners here are the officers of the said company. The petitioner in the first case is said to