Dharnidhar Jha, J

The present batch of nine criminal revision petitions arise out of order dated 25.11.2013 passed by the learned Special Judge (C.B.I.), Court No. 1, Ghaziabad in Special Case No. 49 of 2011 by which the petitions filed by the petitioners seeking their discharge from the case were dismissed. It appears further from the heads of charges which appear annexed to some of the petitions, like, that filed by petitioner Arun Kumar, that charges against the accused persons under Sections 120B, 420, 467, 468, 471 I.P.C. and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act were framed.

2. Undisputedly, petitioners Arun Kumar, Radhe Shyam Chaube, R.P. Yadav, Ajay Kumar Singh and Ram Prasad Mishra were District Judges at one point of time or the other of the judgeship of Ghaziabad in the State of U.P. Petitioner Arun Kumar was In-charge District Judge, Ghaziabad from the 1st of January, 2008 to the 3rd of February, 2008. Petitioner Radhe Shyam Chaube was the District Judge of the same judgeship from the 30th of November, 2006 to the 31st of December, 2007. Petitioner R.P. Yadav was District Judge, Ghaziabad from the 14th of January, 2003 to t