1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith, by consent.

2. Mrs. Mane, learned A.P.P., waives service on behalf of the Respondent-State.

3. A short question is raised in this Criminal Revision Application, which is directed against the Judgment and Order dated 24th July, 2012 of the Special Judge, Greater Bombay. This Judgment and Order was delivered on an application made by the present Applicant/Original Accused for discharge in Special Case No.45 of 2011.

4. The question raised for my consideration is whether the Applicant, who has been appointed as a Manager by the Liquidator of M/s. Indira Co-operative Bank Limited, is a “Public Servant” within the meaning of the said term, as defined in the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, (for short “the P.C. Act”).

5. The undisputed factual position is that M/s. Indira Co-operative Bank Limited is under liquidation. In the year 1998, the District Registrar in exercise of his powers under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 has appointed a Liquidator of the said Co-operative Bank. During the course of the liquidation proceedings and to look after the same, the Liquidator made appointments, one of which was of the pre