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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
A.BADHARUDEEN
Aby.K.Xavier, S/o.Xavier – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. criminal charges and allegations against accused. (Para 1 , 4 , 6) |
| 2. court's procedural overview and parties analyses. (Para 2 , 3 , 7) |
| 3. details of conspiracy and manipulation in examination. (Para 5 , 11) |
| 4. insufficient evidence for criminal culpability established. (Para 8 , 10 , 12) |
| 5. final orders and observations of the court. (Para 13 , 14) |
ORDER :
A. BADHARUDEEN, J.
The 2nd accused in C.C. No.4 of 2021 on the files of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Thiruvananthapuram arising out of V.C. No. 6 of 2017/SRT of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (for short, ‘VACB' hereafter) has filed this Criminal Miscellaneous Case under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, ‘CrPC’ hereafter) and the prayer herein is to quash the entire proceedings as against him in the above case.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner/2nd accused and the learned Special Public Prosecutor appearing for VACB in detail. Gone through the documents placed by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the statements of witnesses and documents placed by the learned Special Public Prosecutor.
3. I shall refer the parties in this petitio
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