ORDER :

M. Sathyanarayanan, J.

1. INTRODUCTORY:-

The revision petitioner, viz., K.Subramanian, filed Crl.RC.[MD] No.612 of 2020 on the file of the Madurai Bench of this Court, challenging the order dated August 17, 2020, passed in Crl.MP.[MD] No.147 of 2020 in Spl.CC.No.1 of 2019, on the file of the Special Court for Trial of Cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The revision petitioner, was working as the Secretary of TN.SPL 150, Mettupatti Primary Agricultural Credit Society, Ramanathapuram, Sivagiri Taluk, Tirunelveli District.

The defacto-complainant, viz., I.Ayyadurai, is the member of the said Society and he availed a loan of Rs.60,000/- as ''Agricultural Jewel Loan'' in the said Society by pledging 39.400 grams of jewels.

The Government of Tamil Nadu had waived the agricultural jewel loans as well as payment of interest with a direction to the Societies to return the jewels pledged by the farmers.

Accordingly, the defacto-complainant approached the revision petitioner herein on 04.11.2016 at about 16.00 hours for return of the pledged jewels by him. The revision p