ORDER (Oral)

1. These thirteen petitions presented under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) by Delhi Cantonment Board (the complainant), a statutory authority constituted under the Cantonments Act, 2006, seek leave to appeal against acquittal of the respective respondents by identical judgments rendered by the court of Metropolitan Magistrate-03, South West District on 26.09.2014 dismissing the criminal complaint cases instituted earlier on the basis of complaints of the petitioner against the respondents they having been registered as complaint case CC Nos.208/4, 64/4, 122/4, 126/4, 230/4, 141/4, 48/4, 148/4, 118/4, 137/4, 276/4, 11/4, and 206/4 respectively. The complaints had alleged offences under Section 247 of the Cantonments Act, 2006 having been committed by the respective respondents by carrying out certain construction work at different plot of lands, such work statedly constituting breach of inhibition in Section 235 of the Cantonments Act, 2006.

2. It may be mentioned here that the complaints were presented through the Chief Executive Officer of Delhi Cantonment Board, in terms of proper authorization by the Cantonment Board, primarily