RAJ KUMAR CHOPRA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the Code) read with Article 227 of the Constitution of India, relates to quashment of First Information Report No. 66 dated 2-5-1989, Annexure P/1, registered at police Station Division No. 6, Jalandhar under Section 13(1)(E) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the Act),

(2.) IN brief facts relevant for the disposal of this petition as emerge from the impugned first information report, are that the present petitioner was posted as Junior Engineer in Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Jalandhar, during the period 1975 to 1977. During July, 1975 to April, 1977 the petitioner is alleged to have acquired money by illegal means. He constructed a house in Shri Guru Teg Bhadur Nagar, Jalandhar at a cost of Rs. 57,994/- and also purchased coloured T.V. and refrigerator etc. His income from all known sources was Rs. 14,631/- during the said period, and thus he failed to explain the acquisition of amount of Rs. 62,799/- it was further alleged that the petitioner has acquired property disproportionate to his known sources of income and on the basis of these allegations the impugned first information report under Section 131(E) read with Section 13(2) of the Act was registered against the petitioner.

(3.) THE learned counsel for the parties were heard.