By the Court.—Heard Sri Rajul Bhargava, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Anurag Khanna, learned Counsel for Central Bureau of Investigation (respondent No. 1), learned A.G.A., appearing on behalf of the State and Sri Yashwant Verma, erstwhile Chief Standing Counsel for the State of U.P. and now learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Sri Raghav Nayar.

2. The instant application under Section 482 Cr. P.C. was filed by the applicant, Paritosh Kumar before this Court for quashing the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No. 13 of 2011; State v. Rajesh Kumar Gupta and others, arising out of charge-sheet dated 31.10.2011 laid in RC 0062009A0005 of 2009, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC and Section-13 (1) r/w (i) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, P.S.-C.B.I., A. C. B., Lucknow pending in the Court of Special Judge (Anti-Corruption)-Ist, Lucknow. In the six other connected applications prayer made is either for quashing of the proceedings or for clubbing the criminal proceedings under the provisions of Section 220 Cr. P.C. The application in hand alongwith the connected matters was assigned to Hon’ble R.D. Khare, J. vide order dated 1.3.2012 passed by