JUDGMENT

S.K. Panigrahi, J. - This petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ('Cr.P.C.') has been filed with a prayer to quash the Charge-sheet No.05/2020 dated 21.12.2020 in CBI/SPE/ACB, Bhubaneswar P.S. Case No.RC-06(A)/2018-BBS dated 07.06.2018 for the alleged offences u/s.13(2), r/w Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as 'PCA') and u/s 120-B and 420 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 (hereinafter referred to as 'IPC') which is pending in the Court of the learned Special Judge CBI, Court No.1, Bhubaneswar.

2. The facts leading to the present matter, shorn of unnecessary details, is that the S.P., CBI, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Bhubaneswar received certain information from his sources that one Mr. B.P. Verma while working as Executive Director (Works), Rourkela Steel Plant in the year of 2016, conspired with one Shri. P.K. Das (the then DGM - (Electrical), Rourkela Steel Plant), one Shri P.K. Sahoo (the then Executive Director (MM), Rourkela Steel Plant), one Shri S.K. Dua (MD, Reliable Hi-Tech Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.) and the present Petitioner (DGM - Tech, Rourkela Steel Plant, acting as Technical Advisor to Shri