1. The petitioner is before this Court calling in question proceedings before the XXIII Additional City Civil and Special Judge for (Prevention of Corruption Act), Bengaluru in Crime No.36 of 2015 registered for offences punishable under S.7, S.13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as 'the PC Act' for short).

2. Facts, in brief, germane are as follows: -
The petitioner is an officer of the Indian Police Service. A complaint comes to be registered by the respondent on 30-05-2015 against one Sri Chandru @ Chandrashekhar for offences punishable under S.7, S.13(1) (d) r/w S.13(2) of the PC Act. The allegation was that on 30-08-2014 the respondent / complainant and his friends had been to Orange Bar & Restaurant and there was an altercation between them and the management of the bar, in respect of the said incident a case comes to be registered against the complainant before the Vyalikaval Police Station. It is the allegation that during the investigation in the said crime, the Assistant Commissioner of Police and other police officers repeatedly called the complainant and demanded a bribe to close the case, in pursuance of which, it is th