COMMON ORDER

The petitioners, arrayed as A-7, A-8, A-14, A-12, A-13, A-9, and A-3 respectively, have filed these Criminal Original Petitions seeking to quash the final report filed in C.C.No.20 of 2020, which is now pending on the file of the learned Additional Judge for the trial of cases relating to Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu, in so far as it pertains to the petitioners.

2. Short facts in Crl.O.P.No.22369, 23674, 23681, 23694 and 23682, 23692 of 2023:

2.1. The final report in C.C.No.20 of 2020 has been filed by the respondent police for offences under Sections 403 , 406, 418, 420, 465, 468, 471, 477-A, read with 120-B, and 423 read with 511 of the Indian Penal Code , on a complaint given by the de-facto complainant company through its alleged Power of Attorney holder, Mr.R.Ravichandran.

2.2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the first accused, Mr.K.C.Palanisamy, who was then the Managing Director of the de-facto complainant company, in alleged connivance with the petitioners and other accused persons, misappropriated the funds of the company and defrauded its foreign investors. It is alleged that during 2004-2005, funds of about Rs.7