ORDER

[Crl.MC Nos.3713/2018, 3315/2018]

These Crl.M.Cs. are filed by the accused in Crime No.1175/2017 of Munnar Police Station, which is now pending as C.C. No.186/2018 before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Devikulam. Crl.M.C. No.3315/2018 is filed by the accused Nos.1 and 2 and Crl.M.C. No.3713/2018 is filed by the 3rd accused. For the purpose of convenience Crl.M.C. No.3315/2018 is treated as the leading case and the documents are referred to in the sequence as in the said Crl. M.C.

2. The facts which led to the registration of the aforesaid crime are as follows: On 17.11.2017, the then Minister of Public Works Department conducted an inspection in the Rest House run by the Public Works Department at Munnar. During the said inspection, it was found that the responsible officers of the Public Works Department were not present therein, and the Occupation Register of the Rest house was found kept in the nearby hotel named “Mermaid Hotel”, which is run by a company in which the 3rd accused is the Managing Director. Immediately the matter was informed to the Police and the Police party came. Based on the same Annexure III First Information Report was registered against the