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1999 (11) TMI 61 - SUPREME COURTWhether High Court was correct to allow both the revisions, filed by the accused and discharged the accused persons? Held that:- The High Court committed serious error in discharging the accused persons by advancing elaborate arguments on scanning and scrutinizing the evidence and materials produced by the prosecution. We refrain from recording any positive conclusion on the materials as it may affect the trial. Suffice it to say that a bare perusal of the Judgment of the High Court would indicate that the High Court exceeded its jurisdiction in ordering discharge of the accused persons as if sitting in appeal against an order of conviction. So far as the contention of Mr. Krishnan is concerned as to whether Reshamwala not being a public servant could be prosecuted under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the said question has recently been answered by a Bench of this Court in the case of P. Nallammal etc. v. State Rep. By Inspector of Police [1999 (8) TMI 953 - SUPREME COURT]. We, therefore, no force in the aforesaid contention. In the circumstances, the impugned Judgment of the High Court is set aside. These appeals are allowed
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