The Special Judge framed charges on 07.06.2005 against all seven accused for the offences under sections 218/409/465/467/120B IPC and under section 13 1 C read with section 13 1 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 POC Act, for short .
Out of six charges framed, one pertained to the offence under section 13 1 C read with section 13 1 2 of the POC Act while other five related to offences under the Indian Penal Code.
The aspect regarding their retirement and refusal to grant sanction was dealt with in the challan in following terms In view of the refusal of granting sanction for prosecution by the department, it is impossible to present challan against the employees who are in service, but the employees who have retired, challan can be presented against them in the companyrt.
During the pendency of this appeal the first respondent Sikandar Singh expired and his name was deleted from the array of parties vide order dated 20.09.2010 passed by this Court, leaving Labh Singh as the only respondent before the Court.
Shri Sikandar Singh and Shri Labh Singh had retired on 13.12.1999 and 30.04.2000 respectively, i.e., even before the request for issuance of sanction was rejected on the first occasion.
