JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. A. Bora, learned Senior counsel for the petitioners assisted by Mr. V. Chowdhury, learned counsel, Mr. P. Goswami, learned counsel and Mr. Pfosekho Pfotte, learned counsel. Also heard Mr. P. Chowdhury, learned counsel for respondent No. 2 and Mr. K. Angami, learned PP for the State of Nagaland.

2. This criminal petition under section 482 of Cr.PC, 1973 has been filed by the petitioners for quashing of the criminal proceedings in Complaint Case-CR Case No.06/2017 filed under Section 190 read with section 200 of the Cr.PC, 1973 against the petitioners and also assailing the impugned order dated 09.04.2019 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dimapur, Nagaland in C.R. Case No. 06/2017 whereby the learned Magistrate had taken cognizance of offences under Sections 405/406/409/415/420 IPC read with Sections 34/120B of the IPC and issued process against all the 7(seven) persons arraigned therein as accused including the present petitioners.

3. The petitioner No. 1, Engineering Projects (India) Limited is a company, Government of India Enterprise and the petitioner Nos. 2 to 6 are employees in the company functioning in different capacities. Pending present pe