ORDER :

The petitioner is before this Court calling in question registration of crime in Crime No.13 of 2023 for offences punishable under Sections 7(a) & (b), 7A, 8, 9 and 10 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’ for short).

2. Facts, in brief, adumbrated are as follows:-

The petitioner is a representative of the public having begun his career as a Member of the Zilla Panchayath in the year 1999 and at the relevant point in time was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Karnataka. Before embarking upon consideration of the issue in the lis, the accused in the crime and relationship with certain others is required to be noticed. Accused No.1 is the petitioner/Chairman of the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (‘KSDL’ for short), a Government of Karnataka undertaking. Accused No.2 is Prashanth Madal son of accused No.1 who is working as a Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer at the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (‘the Board’ for short). Accused Nos.3 to 6 are employees of one Chemixil Corporation Limited.

3. A complaint comes to be registered on 02-03-2023 alleging that accused No.2 has demanded and accepted