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The authorities authorities failed to unafraid the prosecution authorisation for initiating a proceedings against an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) serviceman successful a corruption lawsuit adjacent aft registration of the FIR much than 2 years ago. The tribunal underlined the hold successful getting the prosecution authorisation and connected Monday fixed December 16 arsenic the adjacent day of hearing.
After the AAP came to powerfulness successful Punjab successful 2022, apprehension of IAS serviceman Sanjay Popli successful an alleged corruption lawsuit was 1 of the large actions taken by the government. The lawsuit had travel up for proceeding connected framing of charges connected Monday, but the prosecution conception was not obtained and the lawsuit was adjourned for the adjacent hearing.
Popli was arrested successful June 2020 by the Vigilance Bureau (VB). During the investigation, the VB claimed to retrieve 9 bricks of golden (1 kg each), 49 golden biscuits (totalling 3,160 gm), 12 golden coins (356 gm), 3 bricks of metallic (1 kg each), 18 metallic coins (180 gm), 4 iPhones, 1 Samsung Fold, 2 Samsung astute watches, and 700 Indian currency notes of 500 (total Rs 3,50,000). The probe revealed that the worth of the recovered golden and metallic was recovered to beryllium implicit Rs 6.62 crore.
On October 10, the tribunal of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Baljinder Singh Sra portion underlying the hold successful obtaining the prosecution authorisation observed, “perusal of the grounds indicates that the lawsuit is stuck up astatine the signifier of framing of charges connected relationship of privation of authorisation which is pending with the competent authority.
It transpires from the grounds that the FIR registered connected June 20, 2022, nether Section 7, 7A of Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act was registered against the accused for allegedly receiving an amerciable gratification/ undue vantage of Rs 3.5 lakh from the complainant. Video footage of the transaction is besides available.”
The tribunal further observed, “after thorough investigation, constabulary study nether Section 173(2) of CrPC had been submitted. Sanction had been applied by the Vigilance Bureau from the competent authority. However, till date, the aforesaid has not been received”.
The tribunal besides underscored that the further nationalist authoritative for the authorities has adjacent claimed that the authorities has not adjacent forwarded the connection for assistance of authorisation for prosecution nether Section 19 of the PC Act, to Government of India/Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training.
Pointing retired the timeframe of concluding a corruption case, the latest bid read, “section 4 of the PC Act, fixes the desirable timeline of 2 years for decision of the trial. However, without authorisation from the competent authority, the proceedings cannot proceed further”.
In the aforesaid presumption of the matter, the acrophobic authorities, i.e. main caput to Punjab government-cum-Principal Secretary; Vigilance Bureau; secretary, Department of Personnel Punjab, Chandigarh; secretary/under secretary, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi; and main director, Vigilance Bureau, Punjab, are directed to look into the substance and expedite the process for seeking assistance of authorisation from the competent authority.
Further, main director, Vigilance Bureau, Punjab has besides been directed by the tribunal to prosecute the substance astatine his ain end.
ADSJ Baljinder Singh Sra besides said immoderate of the cases/challans are pending successful the tribunal of ADSJ Ajit Attri, which emanates retired of the aforesaid FIR, ordering each the cases should beryllium clubbed successful 1 court.
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