1. Invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C, these three petitions have been preferred by the respective petitioners seeking the relief of quashing the criminal proceedings pertaining to the case in Crime No. 879 of 2011 pending investigation on the file of the Inspector of Police Pollachi East Police Station, Coimbatore District.

2. With the petitioners in the above petitions have been ranked as A4, A3 and A5 respectively in the case in Crime No. 879 of 2011 and since the respondent in all the three petitions are one and the same and the relief which is sought for in all the petitions is also one and the same, all the three petitions have been clubbed together, heard and disposed of in this common order.

3. The common facts which are absolutely necessary for the disposal of these three petitions may be summarized as follows:

4. The second respondent Mr. P. Mohan Kumar has lodged a complaint before the first respondent on 24.11.2011 and on the basis of his complaint, the first respondent who is the Inspector of Police attached to Pollachi Police Station has registered a case in Crime No. 879 of 2011 for the alleged offences under Sections 120(B),