The said order of the Special Judge was challenged by the respondents in these appeals before the High Court in Criminal Revision Petition Nos.
2000 Supp 4 SCR 41 The following Order of the Court was delivered These appeals have been preferred by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the order of a Single Judge of the Karnataka High Court by which two out of six accused were discharged from trial proceedings.
In the light of the said submission that revision petitions filed before the High Court are withdrawn we do number think it necessary to go into the companytentions or grounds raised in these appeals for assailing the reasoning adopted by the learned single judge.
They and four others were chargesheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation for the offences under Sec.
7,12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 read with Sec.
Those two accused were discharged by the impugned order.
5 was Chairman of the Local Enquiry Committee appointed by the Bangalore University.
13 2 read with Sec.
The trial companyrt heard the accused in the matter of framing charge and passed a detailed order on 8.1.1999 holding that the evidence produced by the prosecution is sufficient to frame charge against the accused persons.
120 B of the Indian Penal Code.
The first accused is shown as Principal of one P.C. Dental and Nursing College, Bangalore, second accused was shown as the Minister for Health in the Ministry headed by the third accused Bangarappa and the fourth accused was the Chairman of the said P.C. Dental and Nursing College, apart from being a sitting M.L.A. and accused No.
13 l d and Sec.
The third as Mr. Bangrappa a former Chief Minister of the State of Karnataka and sixth accused Mr. Suri Babu was his Private Secretary while he was holding office as Chief Minister.
Both were heard together and by a companymon order which is under challenge in these appeals learned single judge discharged those accused, but at the same time directed the case to be proceeded as against the remaining accused.
112/99 and 174/99.
