JUDGMENT :

P.N. Prakash, J.

(Prayer: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to call for the records in C.C. No.12 of 2018 before the Principal District Court at Madurai (Special Court constituted under Section 43(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002), now pending on the file of the II Additional District Court for CBI Cases, Madurai and quash the same.)

1. This criminal original petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C. No.12 of 2018 before the Principal District Court, Madurai, which is now pending on the file of the II Additional District Court for CBI Cases, Madurai.

2. M.S. Granites (A.4) and Sri Aiswariya Rock Export (A.3) are into the business of granite mining. Shankaranarayanan (A.1) and Selvam (A.2) are the partners in Sri Aiswariya Rock Export (A.3). Shankaranarayanan is the Proprietor of M.S. Granites (A.4). They were given licence to mine in specified areas by the State Government. But, it is alleged that they started quarrying illegally in Government lands which were not allotted to them.

3. In this connection, three FIRs, viz., Keelakalavu P.S. Cr.Nos.187 and 196 of 2012 and Cr.No.12 of 2015 by the District C