ORDER :

These petitions are filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (“the Code” for the sake of brevity), seeking to quash all further proceedings in C.C.No.417/2021 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate court, Alappuzha.

2. The petitioner in Crl.M.C.No.5901/2022 is the 1st accused, and the petitioners in Crl.M.C.No.6042/2022 are the accused Nos. 2 and 3 in C.C.No.417/2021 in the above case. They are facing prosecution for having committed offences punishable under Sections 420, 468, and 471 r/w. Section 34 of the IPC.

3. Short facts are as under

a. In the complaint lodged by the 2nd respondent before the NRI Cell of the Kerala Police, it is alleged that he had worked as Manager in M/s Nasser S Al Hajri and Partners General Trading and General Contracting Company (hereinafter referred to as "Al Hajri GCC"), a company owned by the 1st accused. It is further alleged that Nasser S Al Hajri Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Al Hajri Corp") is another company owned by the 1st accused, with a presence only in Saudi Arabia. Al Hajri Corp is not entitled to take contract work in Kuwait. In order to secure a work contract in Kuwait, the accused is alleged to have