Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.

1. Heard Sri Khurshid Alam, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Sri Rakesh Kumar, learned Counsel appearing for the Vigilance Department.

2. This revision application is directed against the order dated 12-12-2008, passed by learned Special Judge, Vigilance, Patna, in Special Case No. 30 of 2005, whereby he has rejected the petition of the petitioners under Section 205 of the Cr.P.C.

3. Petitions are facing prosecution under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 477A, 201/120-B, IPC and Section 13(2) read with Section (1)(d) of the P.C. Act.

4. The prosecution case in short is that a limited competitive examination of Government employees for appointment/promotion to the post of Bihar Administrative Service, Class II was conducted by the Bihar State Public Service Commission (BPSC). The examination has been termed as First Limited competitive examination. Only Government employees in Class III who had put in a given number of years in service were eligible to appear in this examination. It is alleged that a large number of candidates got themselves declared successful by adopting unfair and dubious means with tacit connivance of the officials of the C