P. RAMACHANDRA RAO Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE appeals arise upon judgments of a learned Single Judge of the High Court of Karnataka.

(2.) THE appellants in these appeals were accused of offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Long delays in the prosecutions having taken place, they sought acquittal from the trial court. The trial court granted such acquittal. The State preferred appeals against the orders of acquittal. The learned Single Judge, by the orders under challenge, set aside the orders of acquittal and restored the cases to the trial court for fresh disposal.

(3.) THE question is whether the earlier judgments of this Court, principally, in Common Cause v. : 1996CriLJ2380 , Common Cause v. : AIR1996SC3538 , Raj Deo Sharma v. : 1998CriLJ4596 and Raj Deo Sharma (II) v. : 1999CriLJ4541 , would apply to prosecutions under the Prevention of Corruption Act and other economic offences.