Ashwani Kumar Singh, J. – Heard Mr. S.B. Upadhyay, learned senior advocate assisted by Mr. Suraj Samdarshi, learned advocate for the petitioner, Mr. Gyan Prakash Ojha, learned advocate for the State and Ms Kalpana, learned advocate for the respondent nos. 8 and 9.

2. This order shall dispose of Cr.W.J.C. Nos. 540 of 2019, 676 of 2019, 693 of 2019 and 718 of 2019.

3. The aforementioned cases involve more or less identical facts and questions of law.

4. In all the writ petitions, parties are common except respondent no.5, who is Officer-in-charge of different police stations.

5. The petitioner is one of the Directors of Broad Son Commodities Pvt. Limited, a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956. He has been made accused in Sigaudi P.S. Case No. 02 of 2018, Bhagwanganj P.S. Case No. 02 of 2018, Dhanarua P.S. Case No. 07 of 2018 and Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 07 of 2018.

6. The first information report (for short ‘FIR) of the aforesaid four police cases have been registered under Sections 420, 406, 379 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’), Section 21 of the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 (for short ‘MMDR Act’), Rules 40