JUDGMENT

Vipin Sanghi, J. The petitioners have preferred the present writ petition to seek a writ of certiorari quashing the Regular Case RC AC-1 2015 A-0004 registered against them and two others under Section 13(2) r/w 13(1) (e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter 'the PC Act') and Section 109 IPC by the respondent no. 1/CBI, and all actions taken in pursuance of the said Regular Case by the CBI.

2. Petitioner No.1 is a former Union Minister - and also the present Chief Minister of the State of Himachal Pradesh. Petitioner No.2 is his wife. They are alleged to have acquired assets disproportionate to their known sources of income during the tenure of petitioner no.1 as a Union Minister of State from 28.05.2009 to 18.01.2011, and the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) from 19.01.2011 to 26.06.2012 in the Government of India i.e. from 28.05.2009 to 26.06.2012 (hereinafter `the Check Period'). The said Regular Case has been registered against them and two others, by the CBI on 23.09.2015 on the basis of a Preliminary Enquiry PE AC-1 2015 A 0002 registered on 17.06.2015.

3. The petitioners' submissions are, primarily, twofold. Firstly,