(1.) These petitions are filed under Sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ("the Code" for the sake of brevity), seeking to quash all further proceedings in C.C.No. 417/2021 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate court, Alappuzha.
(2.) The petitioner in Crl.M.C.No. 5901/2022 is the 1st accused, and the petitioners in Crl. M.C.No.6042/2022 are the accused Nos. 2 and 3 in C.C.No.417/2021 in the above case. They are facing prosecution for having committed offences punishable under Ss. 420, 468, and 471 r/w. Sec. 34 of the IPC.
(3.) Short facts are as under