BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Reserved on : 13.11.2025 Pronounced on : 28.11.2025 CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.MURALI SHANKAR Crl.O.P.(MD)Nos.19958, 19959, 19961, 19962 and 19963 of 2025 and Crl.M.P.(MD)Nos.16802, 16801, 16803, 16804 and 16805 of 2025 Ram Gopal ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.

19958 of 2025 Shri. Dhananjayakumar ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.

19959 of 2025 Shri. Roshankumar ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.

19961 of 2025

1.Shri. Anjueet Kumar

2.Shri. Deepak Kumar ... Petitioners in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.

19962 of 2025 Shri. Uttam Kumar ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.

19963 of 2025 Vs.

The State represented by The Inspector of Police, CBI : ACB, Chennai.

RC MA1 2017 A 0027 (C.S.Nos.6, 7, 8, 9 and 10) ... Respondent in all the petitions Common Prayer : These Criminal Original Petitions filed under Section 528 B.N.S.S., to call for the records relating to the impugned SUO-MOTU orders dated 29.09.2025 passed in C.C.Nos.794, 795, 796, 797 and 798 of 2022 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirapalli and to set aside the same as illegal as ultra vires and unsustainable in the eye of law.

(in all the petitions)

For Petitioners : Mr.R.Surya Prakash For Respondent : Mr.C.Muthu Saravanan Special Public Prosecutor for CBI cases

COMMON ORDER

These Criminal Original Petitions are filed, invoking Section 528 B.N.S.S., against the suo motu orders dated 29.09.2025 passed in C.C.Nos.794, 795, 796, 797 and 798 of 2022 on the file of the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirapalli.

2. The petitioner in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.19958 of 2025 is the sole accused in C.C.No.794 of 2022, the petitioner in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.19959 of 2025 is the sole accused in C.C.No.795 of 2022, the petitioner in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.19961 of 2025 is the sole accused in C.C.No.796 of 2022, the petitioners in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.19962 of 2025 are the accused 1 and 2 in C.C.No.797 of 2022 and the petitioner in Crl.O.P.(MD)No.19963 of 2025 is the sole accused in C.C.No.798 of 2022 on the file of the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tiruchirapalli.

3. For the sake of convenience and brevity, the petitioners are hereinafter referred as 'accused 1 to 6'.

4. The case of the prosecution is that the Ordinance Factory, Trichy issued a notification for appointment of 15 posts for Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS). M/s.Ace Consultants was engaged for the purpose of receiving online applications and M/s.Savat Infosol, Chennai was engaged for the preparation of question papers. The written examination was conducted on 29.05.2016 and totally 2098 participants have taken the exams and during the examinations, fingerprints of all the candidates appearing for the examination was obtained and the whole examination was videographed. On completion of written examination, 15 candidates were selected for the post of MTS, out of which, 9 candidates have joined and their fingerprints were taken and sent to the Tamil Nadu Fingerprint Bureau, who reported that the fingerprints taken from the accused 1 to 4 were not matching with the fingerprints, which were taken at the time of examination. On the basis of the complaint lodged by the Assistant Works Manager, Ordinance Factory, Trichy, FIR came to be registered by the CBI in FIR No.RCMA12017A0027 on 16.11.2017. During the investigation, the CBI has taken specimen signatures and thumb impression of the four accused and sent them to the Central Forensic Laboratory (CFSL), Hyderabad and received a report on 14.06.2018 stating that the admitted signatures of the accused 2 to 4 are not identical and no opinion was given in respect of the first accused. The first accused signature was obtained and sent to the CFSL, Hyderabad for obtaining GEQD opinion and by report dated 07.11.2019, it was confirmed that the first accused signature did not tally.

After completing the investigation, the CBI filed separate final reports and the cases were taken on file in C.C.Nos.794 to 798 of 2022 and the same are pending on the file of the Court of Chie