Indira Banerjee, J.

These writ petitions are directed against a Look Out Circular being reference No.1/SIC (DMC)/LOC/2017 5812, dated 16.6.2017, issued in respect of the petitioner by the Bureau of Immigration under the Ministry of Home Affairs of Government of India.

2. On 15.5.2017, the Central Bureau of Investigation (hereinafter referred to as “the CBI”) filed an FIR against the petitioner before the Special Judge, CBI Court, New Delhi, under Sections 120-B and 420 of the Indian Penal Code read with Sections 8 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

3. The petitioner in these writ petitions was named as the third accused in the said FIR, the others named as accused being:

(i) M/s. INX Media (P) Ltd., Mumbai, hereinafter referred to as “INX Media”, through the then Director, Indrani Mukherjea and others (first accused);

(ii) M/s. INX News (P) Ltd., hereinafter referred to as “INX News”, through the then Director, Sh. Pratim Mukherjea @ Peter Mukherjea and others (second accused);

(iii) M/s. Chess Management Services (P) Ltd., hereinafter referred to as “CMS”, represented through its Director, Sh. Karti P. Chidambaram, being the petitioner and others (fourth accused);

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