JUDGMENT

Sabina, J.— Petitioner has preferred this petition under Section 482 of the Code Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking quashing of the FIR No. 11 dated 17.3.2009 registered under Sections 7, 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and subsequently added Sections 420/467/468/471/201/120B of the Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’ for short) at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Ludhiana.

2. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, I am of the opinion that the instant petition deserves dismissal.

3. The question involved in the present case is ‘as to whether the petitioner can be termed as a Public Servant’.

4. A ‘public servant’ as defined in sub-clauses (iii), (viii) and (ix) of Clause (c) of Section 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (‘the Act’ for short) reads as follows:

“2. Definition— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) xxx xxx

(b) xx x xxx

(c) ‘public servant’ means:

(iii) any person in the service or pay of a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by the Government or a Government company as defined in Section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of