JUDGMENT

J.P. DAS, J. - This common order shall dispose of the aforesaid five applications filed under Section 482 of the Cr.P.,C. seeking exercise of inherent jurisdiction of this court assailing the judgment dated 03.07.2018 and the order of the said date passed by the learned First Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar in T.R. Case No.62 of 2012.

2. All the five petitioners along with another co-accused faced trial in the aforesaid case for the offences punishable under Section 13 (2) read with Section 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and under Sections 420/120-B of the Indian penal Code.

3. The allegation made by the prosecution in brief, was that the present applicants, excepting Sri Ashis Kumar Nayak, were officials of Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (in short, ‘ORHDC’). During the year 2000-2001 a financial assistance of Rs.2.5 crore was made available to HUDCO for establishing twenty building centres in coastal area of the State and the matter was entrusted to ORHDC to prepare a plan of action. One of such building was proposed to be constructed at Balipatna. One N.G.O. in the name of GRAMYA BIKAS MANCHA, of whi