Khanwilkar, C.J. -- 1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is, essentially, for quashing of FIR No.4/2015 qua the petitioner lodged at Police Station, STF, Bhopal on 24.2.2015 for offences punishable under sections 417, 420, 467, 468, 471, 477A and 120B of Indian Penal Code read with sections 65 and 66 of Information Technology Act, sections 7, 13(1D), 13(2) and 15 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and section 3(d), 1, 2/4 of M.P. Manyata Prapt Pariksha Adhiniyam, 1937.

2. The petitioner has been named as accused No.10 in the said FIR. The FIR reads thus:

First Infomation Report (under section 154 Cr PC)

3. The prosecution case against the petitioner is founded on the information divulged, inter alia, by Nitin Mohindra and Pankaj Trivedi that the petitioner had recommended names of five candidates to facilitate their selection on the post of Forest Guards by resorting to unfair means in the examination conducted by M.P. Professional Examination Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘VYAPAM examination’) and thus the petitioner committed alleged offence being party to the conspiracy along with other co-accused. The petitioner has prayed for