1. The petitioner in Crl.O.P(MD)No.7618 of 2011 is the second accused and the petitioner in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.12880 of 2011 is the first accused in CC.No.6 of 2011 on the file of the Special Judge, CBI Cases, Madurai. These criminal original petitions were filed to quash the charge sheet filed against them.

2. The brief facts of the case is as follows:-

The second accused, the petitioner in Crl.O.P(MD)No.7618 of 2011 is the Managing Trustee of the ACP Educational Trust and Chairman of "Sun College of Engineering and Technology" at Sun Nagar, Erachakulam Post, Kanyakumari District. The college was started in the year 1999 and the second accused sent an application for approval of the college to AICTE, which is the competent authority seeking for approval and the Expert Committee inspected the college and all available infrastructure and submitted a report. The entire deficiencies pointed by the Expert Committee were not informed to the college by the first accused, who is the petitioner in Crl.O.P(MD)No.12880 of 2011 and some deficiencies were complied with and rectified and thereafter, Southern Regional Office forwarded a report to AICTE and by proceedings in F.No.732-52-