ORDER :

These petitions under Sections 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure are in relation to FIR no.7/2021 dated 10.12.2021 under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, registered at Police Station State Vigilance & Anti Corruption Bureau, Una, Himachal Pradesh.

2. The FIR emanates from an inquiry conducted by the State Vigilance Department on a complaint received through the office of ADGP/SV&ACB HP Shimla vide letter dated 20.12.2018 enclosing therein a letter dated 5.12.2018 of the Principal Secretary (Vigilance) to the Government of HP conveying approval of the Government to conduct detailed inquiry into the allegations that a loan of Rs. 19.50 Crores was disbursed to a bogus firm M/S UR Sinter Pvt. Ltd. Amb District Una (hereinafter referred to as the Company) by the Kangra Central Cooperative Bank (KCCB for short).

The FIR has been registered against ;- (i) the loan committee members of KCCB namely S/Sh. Karnail Singh Rana [petitioner in Cr.MP(M) No. 398/22], Lekh Raj Kanwar [petitioner in Cr. MP(M) No. 399/22], Yog Raj[ petitioner in Cr.MP(M) No. 397/22], Prakash Chand Rana [petitioner in Cr.MP(M) No