ORDER :

The petitioners/accused 5 and 6 are before this Court calling in question order dated 07-10-2021 passed by the LXXXI Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge to deal with criminal cases related to MPs/MLAs in the State of Karnataka, Bangalore City in Special C.C.No.54 of 2014 whereby the concerned Court allows the petition of accused No.4 on an application filed under Section 306 of the Cr.P.C., seeking pardon on turning as an approver.

2. The facts adumbrated are as follows:-

A crime comes to be registered against several accused including the petitioners/accused 5 and 6 and the 2nd respondent/accused No.4 in RC 17(A)/2012. The crime is registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (‘CBI’). The CBI after investigation files a charge sheet against all the accused. After filing of the charge sheet by the CBI, when the matter was posted for framing of charge, several accused filed discharge applications and those applications come to be dismissed in terms of the order of the Special Judge dated 10-11-2016. The discharge application was filed by accused No.4/respondent No.2 as well. The Court further directed framing of charge against accused No.1 for offenc