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... Petitioner versus

1 - Central Bureau of Investigation CBI/AC-III, New Delhi, Through the Superintendent of Police/Deputy Superintendent of Police.

2 - Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India New Delhi (As Per Hon'ble Court Order Dtd. 14-07-2026)

3 - Secretary, Department of Telecommunications Ministry of Communications ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Manu Sharma, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Pankaj Pandey, Mr. Girish Tripathi, Mr. Abhuday Sharma and Mr. Rahul Ambast, Advocates For CBI/Respondent No.1 : Mr.Vaibhav A.Goverdhan, Standing Counsel For UOI/ Respondent : Mr. Ramakant Mishra, Deputy Solicitor Nos. 2 & 3 General Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal , Judge

Order on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

03.08.2026

1. Heard Mr. Manu Sharma, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr.Pankaj Pandey, Mr. Girish Tripathi, Mr. Abhuday Sharma and Mr. Rahul Ambast, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. Vaibhav A. Goverdhan, learned Standing Counsel, appearing for CBI/respondent No.1 and Mr. Ramakant Mishra, learned Deputy Solicitor General, appearing for respondent Nos. 2 & 3 /

UOI and perused the materials placed on record.

2. Earlier the present petition under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) has been filed by the petitioner, by only making the respondent No.1 as party, with the following prayers :-

“It is, therefore, prayed that this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash and set-aside the impugned FIR No. RC 2182025A0014 dated 30.06.2025 Registered at CBI/AC-III, New Delhi (Annexure P/1), Chargesheet No. 18/2025 dated 28.08.2025 (Annexure P/2) along-with order of summons in order-sheet dated 25.02.2026 [Annexure P/3] and the entire Criminal Case No. CBI/11/2025 for offence under Section 61(2) BNS, 2023 r/w Sections 7, 7A, 8, 9, 10 & 12 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) and Sections 66 & 72-A of IT Act, 2000 in Crime No. 27/2025 pending before the Court of Learned Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act), Raipur, Chhattisgarh against the present petitioner, in the interest of justice.”

3. Brief facts of the case are that on 30.06.2025, the respondent

/CBI has registered the FIR bearing No. RC 2182025A0014

based on the source information, alleging a large-scale

conspiracy involving Ministry of Health & Family Welfare officials,

NMC members, intermediaries and private medical colleges for leaking inspection details and securing favourable reports through bribes, ghost faculty, fake patients, and AEBAS tampering against 35 Institutions throughout the country including the petitioner, whose name figures as A-04, Chairman of Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (SRISMR), Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

4. The prosecution’s case against the petitioner is substantially founded upon intercepted telephonic conversations allegedly obtained pursuant to Order No. SU/DLI/TS(84)2023-1 dated 28.06.2025 and the subsequent approval allegedly granted by the Ministry of Home Affairs, no copy of whereof has been supplied to the petitioner or forms part of the relied-upon documents as the petitioner has not challenged the interception authoritization order dated 28.06.2025 passed by the Competent Authority in the principal petition, he has filed an I.A. No. 07/2026 on 12.06.2026, seeking permission to raise additional grounds and challenging the interception order dated 2