HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH

AT SRINAGAR

CRMC No. 323/2018

Reserved on: 20.12.2025

Pronounced on : 29.12.2025

Uploaded on: 29.12.2025

Whether the operative part or

full judgment is pronounced: “FULL”

Abdul Majid Bhat ...Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s)

S/o Khazir Mohammad Bhat

R/o Chursoo, Awantipora

A/p Bagh-e-Mehtab, Srinagar

Through: - Ms. Sharaf Wani, Advocate with

Mr. Ahmad Basaud, Advocate

v/s

1. Commissioner/Secretary to Government, ...Respondent(s)

General Administration Department,

Civil Secretariat, Jammu/Srinagar

2. Commissioner, Vigilance Commission,

Srinagar

3. Sr. Superintendent of Police,

Vigilance Organization, Kashmir, Srinagar

Through:- Mr. Mohsin Qadri, Sr. AAG with

Ms. Maha Majeed, Assisting Counsel

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PARIHAR, JUDGE

JUDGMENT

1. The petitioner, a public servant who at the relevant time was posted as

Assistant Regional Transport Officer, Shopian, has challenged FIR No. 25/2018 dated 14-07-2018 registered against him for the alleged commission of offences under Section 5(1)(e) read with Section 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006. The challenge is founded on the assertion that the allegations levelled in the FIR are vague, baseless,