By the present Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 4 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the Cr.P.C .”), the Petitioners, Original accused Nos.9, 10 and 11, have impugned Order dated 15th March, 2017, issuing process against them in the alleged offence under Sections 3 4, 109, 120B, 201, 406, 409, 411, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 477A of the Indian Penal Code (for short, “the IPC”) and under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act , 1988 (for short, “Benami Act”) bearing C.R. No.336 of 2015 dated 18th July, 2015, originally registered with Dashisar Police Station and subsequently investigated by the State CID, Konkan Bhavan, Navi Mumbai and Order dated 24th January, 2020, thereby rejecting the Application filed by the Petitioners under Section 227 of the Cr.P.C . for their discharge from the said offences.

2 Heard Mr. Ponda, learned Senior Advocate for the Petitioners, Mr. Chavan, learned Special P.P. for the Respondent State. Perused entire record annexed to the Petition.

3 The prosecution case in brief is that-

(i) The accused No.5-Shri. Ramesh N. Kadam (A-5), when was the Chairman of Sahityara