JUDGMENT

Santosh Hegde, J.-These appeals are filed against the judgment and order dated 14th of September, 1988 made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal Revision No. 805 of 1998 and Criminal Misc. No.21520-M of 1997. In those proceedings, the appellant had challenged the order dated 8.7.1998 made by the learned Special Judge, C.B.I., Patiala by which charges were framed against the appellant under Sections 7 and 13(2) read with Section 13(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The appellant sought for quashing of the said charges framed by the learned Special Judge, C.B.I., Patiala. But the High Court by the impugned order had dismissed the said petitions.

2. The facts necessary for the disposal of these appeals are as follows:

The appellant belongs to the Indian Police Service from Madhya Pradesh Cadre. While so serving, the appellant was deployed on deputation in the Border Security Force (BSF) in the year 1992. While he was in the BSF, one Assa Singh made a complaint to the authorities of the BSF alleging certain misconduct of accepting illegal gratification for showing official favour against the appellant. Based on the said complaint of