BALBIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PETITIONER has preferred this petition under Section 482 of the Code Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking quashing of the FIR No. 11 dated 17.3.2009 registered under Section 7, 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and subsequently added Sections 420/467/468/471/201/120-B of the Indian Penal Code ('IPC' for short) at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Ludhiana. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, I am of the opinion that the instant petition deserves dismissal.

(2.) THE question involved in the present case is 'as to whether the petitioner can be termed as a Public Servant'. A 'public servant' as defined in Sub-clauses (iii), (viii) and (ix) of Clause (c ) of Section 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 ('the Act' for short) reads as follows:-

(3.) RESPONDENT -State in its reply in para 3 has specifically stated that the Machiwara Co-operative Agriculture Service Society Ltd. has been in receipt of financial assistance/aid from the Central Government, Central Co-operative Bank and NABARD. The question 'as to whether the petitioner is a public servant or not ' is no longer res integra.