S. R. BANNURMATH, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner who is arraigned as Accused 4 in Cr. No. RC/22 (A)/2000 by the respondent/central Bureau of Investigation has come up in this petition to quash the proceedings.

( 2 ) THE brief facts leading to the present petition are as follows :the petitioner/accused, who is an IAS Officer, was working as the Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Karwar, during the relevant period. The other accused in the case are Smt. Shanthakumari, K. S. A. S. (Karnataka State Accounts Service), the then Accounts Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Karwar, her husband Sri. N. Ramachandra, Sri Rathnakar, Senior Manager, Karwar, and one Sri. Shastri, the then Branch Manager, Varada Grameena Bank, Karwar. According to the respondent/complainant CBI, during the year 1998, Accused 1 Rathnakar, while functioning as the Senior Manager, Corporation Bank, Karwar, entered into a criminal conspiracy with Accused 2 Smt. Shanthakumari, the then Chief Accounts officer,zilla Panchayat, Karwar, and several others unknown, to cheat and misappropriate the Government of India in respect of the funds allotted by the Union Government to the Zilla Panchayat for implementing various Government pro

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