RANCHI, India, Dec. 10 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Nov. 10:

1. Heard the parties.

2. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with a prayer to quash the entire criminal proceedings in connection with G. (Mines Safety) Case No. 31 of 2018 including the order dated 08.01.2019 passed by learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh, whereby the learned Judicial Magistrate has found prima facie case for the offence punishable under Sections 72A, 72C (1) (a) & (b) as well as Section 73 of the Mines Act and passed the summoning order.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are...