This revision is directed against the order dtd. 31-3-2001 of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram on the final report in Crime No. 1/97/SCT of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau. Special Cell, Thiruvananthapuram.

The facts necessary for the disposal of this petition may be stated as follows:

Sri K. Karunakaran, a Member of the Parliament and a former Chief Minister of the Kerala State is the first accused in V.C. 1/1997 on the file of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Special Cell, Thiruvananthapuram. The said crime was registered alleging the commission of the offences punishable under S. 13(2) read with S. 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and S. 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation is that Sri K. Karunakaran, the then Chief Minister of Kerala, Sri T. H. Mustaffa, former Minister for Civil Supplies. Sri S. Padmakumar, the then Chief Secretary to Govt. of Kerala Sri Zachariah Mathew, then Addl. Chief Secretary of Food and Civil Supplies, Sri Jiji Thomson and P. J. Thomas by abusing their official position as public servants employed in the affairs of the Government of the State of Kerala entered into a