JUDGMENT :

DIPANKAR DATTA, J.

Leave granted.

2. These 5 (five) appeals are at the instance of, inter alia, the State of Chhattisgarh (hereafter ‘the State’, for short) and Sri Uchit Sharma (hereafter ‘US’, for short). The appellants call in question a common judgment and order dated 10th January, 2022 passed by the Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur, whereby 3 (three) writ petitions [WPCR 88 of 2020, WPCR 154 of 2020 and WPCR 206 of 2020] were disposed of. WPCR 88 of 2020, presented by Sri Aman Singh (hereafter ‘AS’, for short), was allowed by quashing FIR No. 9/2020 dated 25th February, 2020 (hereafter ‘the FIR”, for short) under section 13(1)(b) and (2), Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereafter ‘P.C. Act”, for short) read with section 120B, Indian Penal Code (hereafter ‘IPC”, for short), registered by the Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau of the State. WPCR 154 of 2020, instituted by the wife of AS, Smt. Yasmin Singh (hereafter ‘YS’, for short), was partly allowed. The spouses were the joint petitioners in WPCR 206 of 2020, which was also allowed.

3. A complaint dated 11th October, 2019 was lodged by US in the office of the Chief Minister of the State. It was allege