CAV ORDER

Both these petitions call in question a solitary charge sheet filed in a criminal case in C.C.No.7576 of 2024 pending before the XLV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru. Criminal Petition No.6295 of 2024 is preferred by accused Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 9 and Criminal Petition No.6306 of 2024 is preferred by accused Nos. 1, 7 and 8. Since both these petitions arise out of a common criminal case, they are considered together in this common order. For the sake of convenience facts in Criminal Petition No.6295 of 2024 are noticed.

2. Facts, in brief, germane are as follows:

Respondents 2 and 3 are the complainants. The petitioners are accused who are erstwhile employees of respondents 2 and 3. In the later part of 2016 a huge organizational change within the groups of multi-national companies is said to have happened in the industry. The petitioners, as observed hereinabove, all employees of M/s Silicomp India Private Limited (‘the Company’ for short) which was earlier known as FIME India, a subsidiary of FIME SAS, France Company. The averment in the petition is that due to hostile atmosphere, the 1^st petitioner/accused No.4 was constrained to resign. He was relieved