ORDER :

The petitioner in B.A.No.5010/2021 is the 11th accused; the petitioners in B.A.No.5109/2021 are accused 1 and 2; while the petitioner in B.A.No.5809/2021 is the 7th accused in Crime No.RC/050/2021/S0007 of SC-II Delhi Police Station. The case which was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleging offences punishable under Sections 120B, 167, 218, 330, 323, 195, 348, 365, 477A and 506 of the I.P.C. against 18 persons, including the petitioners, who were all officers either with the Kerala Police or with the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

2. The allegation in brief, is that, on 20.10.1994 Crime No.225/1994 was registered on the basis of a report submitted by the 1st accused, Inspector of Special Branch of Kerala Police at Vanchiyoor Police Station against a Maldivian National, namely, Mariyam Rashida under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 for overstaying in India after the expiry of the Visa. During the investigation of the said case, on the basis of the report submitted by the 1st accused, another crime was registered as Crime No.246/1994 on 13.11.1994 at the same Police Station alleging offences punishable under Sections 3 and 4 of the Official Secrets Ac