State of Karnataka by The Police Karnataka Lokayuktha Bangalore Rural Police Station vs T. Hanumanthaiah, S/o. Late Thimmaiah

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2022 Supreme(Kar) 550

H. B. PRABHAKARA SASTRY
State of Karnataka by The Police Karnataka Lokayuktha Bangalore Rural Police Station – Appellant
Versus
T. Hanumanthaiah, S/o. Late Thimmaiah – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Sri. B.S. Prasad.
For the Respondent: Sri. P.N. Hegde.

ORDER :

1. The complainant – State by Karnataka Lokayukta, Bangalore Rural Police Station, has filed this revision petition, challenging the order dated 24-01-2012, passed by the Court of the Principal Sessions Judge, Bangalore Rural District, Bangalore, (hereinafter for brevity referred to as “the Special Court”), in Special Case No.3/2010, allowing the application filed by the present respondent as an accused, under Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter for brevity referred to as "the Cr.P.C."), read with Sections 17 and 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter for brevity referred to as “the P.C. Act of 1988”), for the offence punishable under Section 13(1)(e) read with Section 13 (2) of the P.C. Act of 1988.

2. The summary of the case of the complainant in the charge sheet filed before the Special Court was that, the present respondent, a public servant, working as a Village Accountant at Kodigehalli Grama Panchayat, Bangalore North Taluk, Bangalore Rural District, during the check period from 03-09-1979 to 24-06-2006 was found to have had a total income of Rs.15,80,116/-from his all known sources of income and the expenditure was asse