JUDGMENT :

1. Heard the parties.

2. This criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with a prayer for quashing the entire criminal proceeding in connection with Complaint Case No. 2475 of 2018, including the order dated 18.10.2021, passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamshedpur whereby and where under, the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate has taken cognizance against the petitioners and other co-accused persons for having committed the offences punishable under Sections 467, 468, 471, 120B of Indian Penal Code, now pending in the court learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamshedpur.

3. The allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioners in criminal conspiracy with the co-accused persons have committed forgery to receive and deliver money and movable property and have also committed forgery for the purpose of cheating and used forged documents as genuine.

4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the learned Magistrate has passed the order dated 18.10.2021 without any application of mind in most mechanical manner. It is next submitted by the learned counsel for the