( 1 ) THIS is a group of 30 Criminal Misc. Applications filed under Sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short "cr. P. C. ") by the petitioner -original accused No. 3 - Priti Manoj Bhojnagarwala who happens to be the wife of accused no. 2 Manoj Jagdishbhai Bhojnagarwala, with a request to quash and set aside the respective complaints filed by Shri Priyakant R. Parikh in his individual capacity as well as the Karta of his Hindu Undivided Family and also by his close near relative, as stated in Annexure : I which will be a part and parcel of this Judgment.

( 2 ) WITH the consent of the learned advocates for both the parties, these 30 Criminal Misc. Applications are taken up for final hearing in a group and as the common questions of law and facts are involved in this group of 30 Criminal Misc. Applications, they are disposed of by this one common Judgment.

( 3 ) COMMON facts leading to this group of 30 Criminal Misc. Applicaions in a nutshell are as follows. The facts stated hereinbelow are taken from the complaint of Criminal Case No. 3432 of 1998 which is sought to be quashed in (Main) Criminal Misc. Application No. 4188 of 1999. 3. 1 the complainant