Quashing of Section 156(3) investigation orders and FIRs granted insofar as they concerned the petitioners.

Orders directing investigation under Section 156(3) CrPC, and the FIRs registered on that basis, were quashed insofar as they related to the petitioners. The High Court held that the challenge succeeded on the reasons recorded separately, with the impugned investigation orders and consequential FIRs set aside qua the petitioners.

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Issues: Whether the orders directing investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the FIRs registered on that basis, were liable to be quashed insofar as they related to the petitioners.

Analysis: The petitions were allowed for the reasons recorded separately. The impugned investigation orders and the FIRs founded on those orders were set aside qua the petitioners.

Conclusion: The challenge succeeded, and the impugned orders and the consequential FIRs against the petitioners were quashed.

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