JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Sushil Shukla, learned counsel for the applicants Sri Siddharth Luthra, learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Sri Rajiv Lochan Shukla & Ravikant Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

2. Criminal misc. application under section 482 Cr.P.C. No.26271 of 2021 has been filed by the accused-applicants to quash the impugned order dated 18.01.2020, as passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Court No.6, Gorakhpur, in Sessions Trial No.385 of 2019, arising out of Case Crime No.609 of 2001, under sections 153-A, 153-B, 124-A, 298, 505, 120-B, IPC, Police Station Kotwali, District Gorakhpur (State Vs. Shahid Badr Falahi & others), as well as the impugned orders dated 19.11.2018 and 16.11.2019, passed by the State Government, granting sanction under section 196 Cr.P.C. against the accused-applicants for their prosecution in the aforesaid criminal case, and consequently to quash the impugned criminal proceeding.

3. Another application under section 482 Cr.P.C. No.10551 of 2020 is filed by the co-accused Human Ahmad Siddiqui with a prayer to quash the impugned order dated 18.01.2020, passed by Additional District Judge,