1. Heard.

2. Leave granted.

3. These three appeals arise from the common impugned judgment and final order dated 18th December, 2024 passed by the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Hereinafter, being referred to as the "High Court") in Writ Petition (Crl) No. 283 of 2024, Writ Petition (Crl) No. 279 of 2024 and Writ Petition (Crl) No. 419 of 2024 whereby the writ petitions filed by the appellants challenging the legality and validity of sanction order dated 3rd October, 2023 came to be rejected.

Brief Facts

4. The appellants herein were arraigned as accused in connection with First Information Report (For short "FIR") No. 1 / 2022 lodged at Police Station A.T.S. Ranchi on 17th January, 2022. It was inter alia, alleged in the FIR that the appellants were members of a gang being operated by gangster Aman Shrivastava and were involved in extortion of illegal money from businessmen and such illegally acquired monies were, thereafter, transferred through illicit hawala channels. In this manner, the appellants were spreading terror in and around Jharkhand. Currency notes, amounting to Rs.28,55,000/-, were recovered from the possession of Siddarth Sahu (accused No.12) and Rs.5,42,000/-