K.T.THOMAS, M.B.SHAH
GAUTAM SINHA – Appellant
Versus
State Of Bihar – Respondent
( 1 ) IT is not necessary to issue notice to the State of Bihar in this SLP. When the petitioners approached the High Court for quashing the prosecution proceedings launched against them the High Court dismissed it by the impugned judgment. There is no reason for us to interfere with the said order of dismissal. However, in paragraph 10 of the impugned judgment, learned Single Judge of the High Court has practically directed the State government to place petitioner Gautam Sinha under suspension on the mere ground that a case has been filed against him by his erstwhile wife for offence under Sections 406 and 498-A IPC. We are extracting the words which the learned Single Judge has stated in paragraph 10 of the impugned judgment. "i have been informed during the course of arguments that Gautam sinha, one of the accused-petitioners, is employed as Assistant Engineer, advance Planning, Public Works Department of the Government of bihar, Punaichak, Patna. Let a copy of this judgment be sent to the secretary, Road Construction Department, Visheshwaraiya Bhawan, opposite New Secretariat, Patna, to consider the desirability of placing gautam Sinha under suspension during pendency of the tr
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