ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H.KAPADIA
Paul Varghese – Appellant
Versus
State of Kerala – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.—
1.Leave granted.
2.Challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by a learned Single Judge of the Kerala High Court allowing the revision filed by the respondent no.2 in the present appeal who was the petitioner before the High Court. He had questioned correctness of the order passed by the Inquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Trichoor, by which the prayer for his impleadment as accused in terms of Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short the ‘Code’) was accepted. By the said order the Trial Court had held that Section 319 of the Code overrides the provisions of Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (in short the ‘Act’) and for exercise of power under the former provision, the only conditions required to be fulfilled are set out in sub-section (4) of Section 319 itself. The High Court felt that the view was not sustainable in view of what has been stated by this Court in Dilawar Singh v. Parvinder Singh alias Iqbal Singh and Anr.,1 (2005 (12) SCC 709). Accordingly, the order was set aside.
3.In support of the appeal, learned counsel submitted that the view taken by the High Court is not correct as the effect of
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