Mr. Permod Kohli, J.: - Inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been invoked seeking quashment of the sanction order dated 1.3.2011 passed by the President of India for prosecution of the petitioner in R.C.No.AC2/2008-A/004 with a further prayer for quashment of the charge-sheet dated 4.3.2011 presented against the petitioner in the court of Special Judge (CBI Court), Chandigarh as also the order of the Special Judge dated 18.4.2011 taking cognizance of the charge-sheet under Section 173 of the Cr.P.C.

2. The petitioner is a former Judge of this Court who was later transferred to the High Court of Uttrakhand. An FIR No.250 of 2008 was registered at Police Station, Sector 11, Chandigarh under Sections 11 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), Section 120-B read with Sections 192, 196, 199 and 200 of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of one Amrik Singh, Peon of Hon’ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur against Shri Sanjeev Bansal, an Advocate practising at Chandigarh, Shri Ravinder Singh resident of Delhi, Shri Rajiv Gupta, resident of Panchkula, Shri Nirmal Singh, resident of Panchkula and Justice Mrs