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2008 Supreme(Ker) 203

V.RAMKUMAR
Raju Puzhankara – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:For the Petitioner:Renjith, B. Marar, L. Rajesh Narayan, Advocates. For the Respondent: K.S. Sivakumar, Public Prosecutor.

Judgment :-

The petitioner who claims to be a social activist preferred a complaint before the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram, alleging offences punishable under Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for the alleged infraction of Section 13 (1) (d) of the said Act and Sec.409 I.P.C. against two members of the Travancore Devaswom Board. One of the allegations made by the petitioner was that there was large scale corruption in the appointment of 2400 temporary employees at Sabarimala Temple as revealed by the letter given by the Minister for Devaswom to the Minister for Home and Vigilance. Another allegation was that certain poojaries who were appointed by the Devaswom Board had unauthorized sold the worship threads and offerings received in the temple and had misappropriated and converted such offerings received in the temple and had misappropriated and converted such offerings for their personal use causing wrongful loss to the Devaswom Board. The petitioner did not choose to produce the letter, which was relied on by him to buttress the said contention. He was contented with newspaper clippings. There was no material produced to show t






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