PATNA HIGH COURT ISSUES JUDGEMENT ON SHASHI SHEKHAR V/S THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

PATNA, India, March 10 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on March 7:

Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Counsel for the Central Bureau of Investigation.

2. This application, under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, has been filed for quashing the entire criminal proceedings of Special Case no. 03/2017 [R.C. No. 15 (A) /2017], registered under section 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 7, 12, 13(2) read with Section 13 (1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

3. The prosecution case, as culled out from the records of this case, is as follows:

4. On 23.08.2017, the First Information Report, bearing RC0232017A0015 was registered under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code r...