JUDGMENT :

S.S. Shinde, J.

Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith, with the consent of parties matter is heard finally.

2. This application is filed with following substantive prayers:

(a) that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to exercise its power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and may be pleased to quash and set aside the order below Exhibit 25 passed by the learned Special Judge, Thane, dated 29.11.2018 in Special Case No. 16 of 2015;

3. The brief facts leading for filing the present application, briefly stated in the memo of application, are as under:

It is the case of the applicant that he is working as Police Sub Inspector and facing prosecution for the offences punishable under Sections 7, 8, 13(i)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short the Act). That the applicant is an accused in connection with C.R. No. II-66 of 2014 registered with Naupada Police Station, Thane. That the prosecution was initiated against the applicant on the basis of the complaint, which was registered by one Dyanchand Shyamsunder Yadav. That investigations in connection with the aforesaid case were carried out and thereafter, a charge-sheet was filed