BHAGWAN DASS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short the Code) for quashing of FIR No.20 dated 14.10.2003 under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, (for short the Act) registered at police station State Vigilance Bureau Hissar, (Annexure P.1) and the order dated 28.10.2005 (Annexure P.3) and further proceedings taken thereon.

(2.) THE ground on which quashing is sought is that where once the competent authority has rejected the application of the prosecution to grant sanction to prosecute a public servant the same can not be reviewed by a subsequent order.

(3.) HOWEVER , subsequently, by way of order dated 28.10.2005 the competent authority was pleased to grant sanction by passing the following order :-