JUDGMENT

(Common Prayer: Criminal Original Petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records in C.C.Nos.2661, 2662 and 2660 of 2020 respectively, pending on the file of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate for the exclusive trial at CCB Cases (relating to Cheating Cases in Chennai) and CBCID Metro Cases, Egmore, Chennai – 600 005.)

Common Order

1. The Criminal Original Petitions have been filed praying to quash the proceedings in C.C.Nos.2661, 2662 and 2660 of 2020 respectively, pending on the file of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate for the exclusive trial at CCB Cases (relating to Cheating Cases in Chennai) and CBCID Metro Cases, Egmore, Chennai.

2. The brief facts, in nutshell, are as follows:

(i) In All the Criminal Original Petitions, the petitioner / accused Sridhar is the Executive Vice-Chairman & CEO of M/s.IndoStar Capital Finance Limited, Mumbai and one of the Directors of M/s.JR Capital Services (P) Ltd.

(ii) The defacto complainant in Crl.O.P.No.19170 of 2020, is one of the partners of the Firm viz., M/s.LCS Foundations, on 31.08.2019, gave a complaint to the Inspector of Police, Central Crime Branch, Vepery, Chenna