RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF U. P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is a bunch of writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the sanction order dated 16.12.2019 and consequential orders of communication issued thereafter in respect to F.I.R. registered at Crime No. 1 of 2014 dated 1.1.2014 under sections 409, 120-B I.P.C. and section 13(1)(d) read with section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988. All these writ petitions involve same issue, therefore, they were heard together and are being decided by a common judgment. For convenience Writ Petition No. 25382 (MB) of 2020, Rajeev Kumar Singh v. State of U.P. and ors., has been treated as the leading writ petition.

(2.) Petitioners of the aforesaid petitions pray as under :

(3.) At the very outset learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that Writ Petition No. 792 (MB) of 2020, Ajai Kumar and ors. V. State of U.P. and ors. , involving similar issue and pertaining to the same crime number, albeit, in respect to other accused, has been decided by this Court vide judgment dated 18.6.2020 wherein, without entering into validity of the sanction order certain directions have been issued to complete the investigation with a further direction to the Court below to consider objections to the validity of sanction and till such decision is taken by the Court below regarding validity of sanction for prosecution against the said petitioners, no coercive measures were to be taken against them. He prays for similar relief.