In this petition filed under Sec. 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioners who are accused Nos. 2,3 and 4 in C.C. No. 75 of 2002 for offences punishable under Sections 408, 419, 420, 468 and 471 read with Sec. 34 I.P.C. seek to quash Annexure VI court charge dated 19-11-2007 framed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kozhikode. The main grievance of the petitioner is that although going by the prosecution case itself the petitioners had no role to play with regard to the alleged misappropriation of Rs. 30,000/- by the first accused on 8-09-2001 and the alleged misappropriation by the first accused of Rs. 50,000/- on 14-092001 and the only role attributed to the petitioners along with the first accused is for the subsequent acts from 7-10-2001, the learned Magistrate has framed the charge as though the misappropriation on 8-09-2001 and 14-09-2001 was part of the same transaction which followed 7-10-2001. Even the Special Public Prosecutor in-charge of the case wanted the court to split the charge into two for the trial of the first accused separate from the rest of the accused for the alleged misappropriation on 8-9-2001 and 14-09-2001 and for the joint trial of accused Nos. 1 to 4 in respect of the criminal acts which immediately preceded 7-10-2001 and thereafter. But Annexure VI court-charge framed on 19-11-2007 would appear as though the entire occurrence was part of the same transaction. All the four accused persons have been called upon to answer not only with
