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Patna,(BiharTimes): The Patna high court on Thursday barred courts from ordering stays in corruption cases.
In a 19-page order Justice Rakesh Kumar said “It is surprising that, even though there was no stay granted by this court, (there has been) non-framing of charges and non-commencement of the trial (in corruption cases)”.
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The court said “Cases relating to offences of corruption are required to be expeditiously dealt by the concerned trial courts”.
The court referred to the corruption act and the 2001 Supreme Court ruling in the Satya Narayan Sharma case, in which the apex court had noted that “in a large number of cases, stays have been granted by high courts in matters under the Prevention of Corruption Act, even though there is a specific bar against (it). We therefore direct the registrars of all the high courts to list all cases, in which such stay is granted, before the court concerned, so that appropriate action can be taken by that court in the light of this decision (Sharma case)”.
Justice Kumar’s order came on a petition filed by Priya Ranjan Kumar Mehta, a former officer in-charge of Bidupur police station in Vaishali district.
It needs to be mentioned that the State Vigilance Bureau had arrested Mehta about six years back in an alleged corruption case.
The court dismissed Mehta’s petition, challenging a November 2011 order of the special vigilance judge, Patna. He also directed the special vigilance court to frame charges against Mehta within a month.
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