The High Court emphasized the importance of independent and effective investigation in cases involving allegations of corruption and irregularities, particularly when high-ranking officials and bureaucrats are implicated. The Court held that in such cases, handing over the investigation to an independent agency like the CBI is necessary to ensure credibility, instill public confidence, and bring the guilty to justice.

ORDER :

All the three writ petitions are being heard together as common issues are involved in these writ petitions, with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties.

W.P.(PIL) No.7176 of 2017

2. The writ petition bearing W.P.(PIL) No.7176 of 2017 under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred inter alia for grant of following reliefs:-

i) For the direction upon the respondents no. 4 and 5, to investigate the Vigilance P.S. Case No.49/10 registered on 06.10.2010, under section 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and sec 13(1)(d) P.C. Act 1988, as the audit can has detected mass scale financial irregularities committed in 34th National Games by the accused persons and due to the influence of the high profile persons like, Ex Union Minister, Ex-Chief Minister and the Investigating Officers and the then DIG and were ADG manages after receiving huge amount through Hawala, as it is evident from the conversations of R.K.Anand and others, who were directly benefited from the misdirected and delay investigation.

ii) For the direction upon the respondents to investigate the involvement of officers, like the then Additional Director General of Police, Mr. Neeraj Sinha, the then Deputy Director General of Police, and Shailendra Kumar Sinha, the then Investigating Officer, who has taken money through middle men and has managed the case against Mr. R.K.Anand, Ex-M.P., and Sr. Advocate/President of Jharkhand Olympic Association, where, the role of Subodh Kant Sahay, the ex Union Minister and the then as is evident from the conversation of the R.K.Anand and Prabhat Sharma, Sanjay Sharma, Neel Kamal, Santosh and others (hawala Agents), Chetan Anand, Son of R.K.Anand, Advocate Supreme Court/High Court indicates to what extent the vigilance Bureau/A.C.B. was sold its interest by these officers.

iii) For the direction upon the Enforcement Directorate to investigate the properties (both movable and immovable) earned illegally by the respondents no. 11 and 12 by misusing their office and interfering in the investigation of the 34th National Games, where money worth crores of rupees exchanged hands and as a result, the criminal cases against such high profile people has been managed till date and even today also the officers are influenced due to might of R.K.Anand, therefore rest of the three accused has been charge sheeted except R.K.Anand.

3. The fact which led the writ petitioner to invoke the jurisdiction conferred to this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the aforesaid directions, reads as under :-

It is the case of the writ petitioner that 34th National Games were organized under the auspices of National Games Organizing Committee/Jharkhand Olympic Association. During organizing the games, crores have been spent, wherein, it has been detected that there is an embezzlement of huge amount by the organizers of the games.

One Bhola Nath Singh, lodged a F.I.R. in the Vigilance Bureau to investigate the embezzlement of public money, which was registered as Vigilance Case No.49/2010 dated 06.10.2010.

The matter was investigated and the allegations were found true against three persons, namely, Madhu Kant Pathak, S.M.Hashmi and P.C. Mishra, whereas the allegations against Mr. R.K.Anand, during the relevant time, was still under investigation since 2010.

It is the grievance of the writ petitioner that since 2010, the investigation of the said case is pending only against Mr. R.K.Anand, the President, Jharkhand Olympic Association due to the reasons evident from the audio conversations of various respondents and the Hawala operators.

It is the further case of the writ petitioner that the transcript of audio-conversations between R.K.Anand, Prabhat Sharma, Sanjay Sharma, Chetan Anand and Hawala Agents indicate that as to how, the money has changed hands from Delhi to Ranchi, through Hawala in Special Case No.66/2010.

It