JUDGMENT :

M. NIRMAL KUMAR, J.

Prayer: Criminal Revision is filed under Section 397 r/w 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the records and to set aside the order passed in Crl. M.P. No. 213 of 2017 in Special C.C. No. 37 of 2015, on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge cum Special Judge, Udagamandalam, Nilgiris District vide order dated 12.11.2019.

1. The petitioner/A4 in Special C.C. No. 37 of 2015 filed a discharge petition in Crl. M.P. No. 213 of 2017 before the learned Assistant Sessions cum Special Judge, Udhagamandalam and the same was dismissed by order dated 12.11.2019, against which the present revision.

2. The case of the prosecution is that during the year 2007-2008 “Indira Awas Yojana Scheme” of rural development was implemented by the petitioner and other accused for getting financial assistance to construct houses for beneficiaries from Nelakottai Village Panchayat. In the implementation of scheme, the petitioner and other accused conspired to swindle the funds of government alloted for the beneficiaries. The specific case against the petitioner is that the petitioner in the capacity of Block Development Officer, Panchayat Union, Gudalur, with intentio