JUDGMENT :

A.K. Mohapatra, J.

1. The present Criminal Revision has been filed by the Petitioners assailing the order dated 07.12.2017 passed in VGR Case No.11 of 2014 by the learned Special Judge (Vigilance), Keonjhar thereby rejecting the Petitioners’ discharge petition and framing charge against the Petitioners for alleged commission of crime under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(c)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 409 of I.P.C.

2. The case of the prosecution as called out from the Revision Petition in a nutshell is that on the allegation of huge misappropriate of BPL/AAY rice cost from the quota of Chamakpur Gram Panchayat under Joda Block of Keonjhar district by lifting the quota in the name of dead/migrant beneficiaries and showing the same to have distributed over the period from September-2008 to March-2014. On the aforesaid allegation, the Inspector of Vigilance Keonjhar Unit (Informant) conducted an enquiry and on verification, it was found that as many as 1081 cards under BPL category and 190 cards under AAY category were allotted to Chamakpur Gram Panchayat out of which 19 BPL/AAY beneficiaries died and 21 BPL beneficiaries migrated from Chamakpur