1. The petitioner is arrayed as A-1 in Special Case No.16 of 2014, on the file of the learned Special Judge for the Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Trichy and he has filed this Criminal Original Petition to quash the said case insofar as he is concerned.

2. The petitioner would state that at present, he is a Deputy Superintendent of Police (Category - I) and he originally joined as the Sub- Inspector of Police and rendered meritorious service and he was promoted to the present post between 2011-2012.

3. The petitioner working serving as the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Lalgudi Sub Division, received a current paper from the Special Branch Office, Trichy, during the first week of July 2012, directing him to verify certain particulars about one Alpha Educational Charitable Trust and he, in turn, sent the said papers to the jurisdictional Inspector of Police, Lalgudi, with a direction to conduct a personal enquiry and give a report. The said official, in turn, deputed the Sub-Inspector of Police, namely, Chandramohan (A-2), to verify the details. The matter regarding Alpha Educational Charitable Trust is that they had submitted an application for registering the Trust u