B. SUBHASHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THIS writ petition has been filed seeking to quash the criminal prosecution launched against the petitioner in Cr. No. RC 3 (S)/97-BPL on the file of the Director, Central Bureau of investigation as being violative of Article 21 of Indian Constitution as also Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment act, 1946. The petitioner was hitherto selected to IFS in the competitive examination conducted by UPSC during november, 1993. He was placed on probation in the following year. He married one Ms. M. Vani, but the marriage ran into trouble and the result was the proceedings under Sections 498-A and 406 of IPC. We are not concerned with the above prosecution, but the same is stated because the petitioner harps upon the same, as according to him, the criminal prosecution is the result of the manipulations of the brother of his estranged wife. Of Course, the marriage ended in divorce on 9-7-1997 and when the divorce proceedings were pending, he had appeared for Civil Services (Preliminary) examination in 1996. On 1-11-1996, he appeared for the main examination. The examination centre was a college at Bhopal. It is alleged that in the said examination,

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