NIRMAL SINGH KAHLON Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This criminal revision petition has been filed under Section 401 Cr.P.C. challenging the impugned order dated 9.7.2010 passed by learned Special Judge, C.B.I. Punjab, Patiala, whereby the petitioner along with other accused have been summoned to face trial.

(2.) Notice of motion has been issued in this criminal revision petition. Mr. P.S. Grewal, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab has put in appearance on behalf of respondent No.1 -State and Mr. Sukhdeev Singh Sandhu, learned Advocate has appeared for respondent No.2 -C.B.I. and contested this petition.

(3.) From the record, I find that in this case challan was presented under Section 173 Cr.P.C. and the learned Special Judge, C.B.I., Punjab after perusal of the report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. and the accompanying documents found that prima facie case is made out to the effect that accused Nirmal Singh Kahlon in his capacity as Minister Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab along with accused Mandeep Singh, Pardeep Singh Kaleka, C.I Premi, J.P. Singla, Kanwalsher Singh, Peeyush Chander, Puran Chand, Baljit Singh, Jagjit Singh, Ajaib Singh Sooch, P.S. Sodhi, Rakesh Pal, J.S. Kesar and Vikas Sharma entered into conspiracy to select Panchayat Secretaries against monetary consideration; committed forgeries in the various records; used the forged documents as genuine and destroyed the evidence to justify their illegal acts and thus earned huge ill begotten money by abusing their official position as public servants and there are ground for summoning them to stand their trial for commission of offences under Sections 120 -B, 465, 468, 471 and 201 IPC and Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.