Judgment :

Chandramauli Kr. Prasad, J.

In these special leave petitions, Mahipal Singh figures as an accused. He was initially named as an accused in Hasan Ganj, Lucknow P.S. Case No. 151 of 2005. This case was registered on 26th of May, 2005 and after investigation the accused Mahipal Singh was charge-sheeted on 26th of April, 2006. On the basis of a report given by Inspector Manoj Kumar, another case E0005 was registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (for short “CBI”), on 2nd of June, 2011. Further, on the basis of the report given by the same Inspector, four other cases i.e. E0007, E0008, E0009 and E0010 were registered on 28th of July, 2011 by the CBI. All these cases excepting E0009 related to rigging of results of various entrance examinations for admission to postgraduate courses in medical colleges conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (for short “AIIMS”). Case No. E0009 also related to the rigging of the result of entrance examination but it is in connection with admission to undergraduate course in medical colleges. Another case i.e. E0006 was registered by the CBI on 3rd of June, 2011 concerning the rigging of the result of entranc