JUDGMENT

Rengasamy, J. - This petition is fi1ed under S. 482 Code of Criminal Procedure to quash the C.C. No.46 of 1977 on the file of the Special Judge, Madras.

2. The petitioner is the former Chief Justice of this Court from 1.5.69 and retired with effect from 8.4.76. The First Information Report .was registered against him for the offence under Section 5(2) read with Sections 5(1)(b), 5(1)(d) and 5(1)(e) of Prevention of Corruption Act, hereinafter referred to as Act 1947, by the Central Bureau of Investigation - (C.B.I.) Police, New Delhi, on 24.2.76. Therefore he went on leave preparatory for retirement, on 9.3.1976 and retired on 8.4.1976. Charge sheet was filed against him before the Special Judge, Madras on 15.12.77 in C.C. No. 46/1977 for the offences under Section 5(1)(e) of the Act 1947. Thereafter, the petitioner filed petition under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure in Crl. M.P. No. 265/ 78 to quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 46/ 77 on certain grounds. Reported in K. Veerasami v. Union of India (1979 L.W. Crl. 64 (SN). The Full Bench of this Court, elaborately considering the grounds raised by the petitioner for quashing the proceedings, has dismissed it. Agains