1. This Criminal Original Petitions are filed to call for the records in CC.No.12 of 2017 on the file of the XIV Additional Judge, CBI Cases, Chennai and to quash the charges framed as against the Petitioners/A7, A5, A6, A3 and A4, respectively, in CC.No.12 of 2017, dated 30.08.2018.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties herein after are referred to as they were arrayed in the impugned Charge Sheet, i.e. A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A6 and A7 and the Respondent Police. Though there are seven accused persons/A1 to A7 and the charges were framed against all of them, namely, A1 to A7, only five accused persons/A7, A5, A6, A3 and A4 have challenged the impugned charges, by way of the above Criminal Original Petitions.

3. The facts, in a nutshell, leading to filing of these Criminal Original Petitions and also relevant and necessary for disposal of these Criminal Original Petitions are as follows:-

a. On receipt of reliable information, the Respondent Police, after conducting a preliminary enquiry, finding that Mr. Dhayanithi Maran (Former Union Minister for Communication and