ORDER :

Both these petitions are preferred by accused No.2. Criminal Revision Petition 768 of 2020 arises out of an order dated 09-01-2020 passed in Special C.C.No.106 of 2008 rejecting an application in I.A.No.21 seeking discharge of the petitioner from the array of accused. Criminal Revision Petition No.624 of 2020 calls in question an order dated 27-01-2020 by which the discharge applications of several accused including the petitioner are turned down in the very Special C.C.No.106 of 2008. It is therefore, these petitions are taken up together and considered by this common order.

2. Facts adumbrated are as follows:-

The petitioner was at the relevant point in time working as Registrar of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (‘the University’ for short) and was in-charge conduct of Post Graduate Entrance Test (‘PGET’) in the month of February 2006 for allotment of seats to candidates for postgraduate degree courses in medical sciences. The petitioner being the Registrar was further in charge of complete conduct of examination right from safe keep of prepared question papers and their execution in an appropriate manner on the date of examination. The examination takes plac