(1.) THE petitioners have preferred these petitions under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code for quashing the complaint filed against them, which is registered as FIR No. I- 1160/2004 with Navrangpura Police Station on 18/12/2004 for the offences punishable under sections 403, 406, 416, 417, 420 and 424 of the Indian Penal Code [IPC].
(2.) HEARD Ld. Advocate Mr. Naveen Pahwa, appearing for Mrs. Sangeeta Pahwa, for the petitioners and Mr. NJ Shah, Ld. APP for respondent no. 1 State and Mr. M. Iqbal A Shaikh, Ld. Counsel for the respondent no. 2 Registrar of companies.
(3.) ON perusal of record, it seems that one Mr. V G Pendharkar is probably expired pending the trial and, therefore, the complaint against him was endorsed as abated. Whereas out of remaining five accused, one K S Ranganathan has filed Misc. Criminal Application No. 5534/2008; whereas accused no. 5 Ashwin J Bhatt has preferred Misc. Criminal Application No. 5537/2008.