ORDER :

1. By the petition under section 482, Cr.P.C. the petitioner prayed for quashing order dated 1.3.2017 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (M) as well as the order dated 26.4.2017 passed by the learned Special Judge, Assam in GR Case No. 127651/2015 corresponding to CID P.S. Case No. 54/2015 and by the connected interlocutory application the petitioner has prayed for his release from the aforementioned case. Both the petitions are being disposed of by this common order.

2. The brief facts of the case is that on 20.11.2015 the Commissioner of Excise, Assam lodged an FIR alleging, inter alia, that on receipt of certain information through SMS from an unidentified person on 12.5.2015 regarding alleged anomalies in M/s. B.G. Bonded Warehosue, located at Lokhra, Guwahati ordered the Excise Intelligence Bureau (EIB) officials to visit the said licensed premises and to verify the Excise documents and records. The said team seized the excise documents and records for verification as per rules. It was further alleged that subsequently on 26.5.2015 the informant received an unsigned letter from an unidentified reporter on the same matter. The informant directed the J