1. The Petitioners, who are alleged to have committed the following offences on the file of the Respondent, seek Anticipatory Bail.

2. The Petitioners are running brick-kiln chambers in four different Partnership firms in which they are the partners. The names of he brick-kiln chambers run by the Petitioners in the above Criminal Original Petitions are as follows:

3. On the Complaint given by the Village Administrative Officers of the respective villages stating that from 2010, the Accused have not obtained any mining licence from the Government, but have been quarrying red soil without permission and also in excessive quantities and thereby committed offence involving Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulations Act, 1957 r/w 379, IPC. Cases were registered by Madathukulam Police Station and by Kumaralingam Police Station against the partners and the firms and some of the accused were arrested also. Those persons who are not arrested and partners in the business are before this Court, seeking anticipatory bail.

4. Mr. A. Natarajan, learned Senior counsel appeared for the Petitioners in Crl.O.P.Nos.21570, 21573 & 22056 of 2012, which relate to Cr.Nos.361 to 363 of 2012