Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 11: High Court today stayed the order of Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu whereby directions were issued to the Crime Branch for seeking sanction for prosecution of Lotika Khajuria, Deputy Drug Controller Jammu in the drugs scam.
Advocate Rahul Pant appearing for Lotika Khajuria submitted that the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Court has himself observed in the order that no sanction for prosecution was sought against the petitioner as according to IO petitioner had been accorded benefit under Section 169 CrPC on the ground that she was neither a party to checking/evaluation of technical bids nor had conducted any scrutiny of the documents.
It was further submitted that in view of this factual position there was no justification for the Judge to order seeking of sanction for prosecution of the petitioner.
After hearing counsel for the petitioner, Justice Bansi Lal Bhat issued notice to the respondents returnable within two weeks. In the meanwhile, the High Court ordered that till next date of hearing before the Bench, operation of the impugned order dated 08.03.2016 passed by Special Judge Anticorruption, Jammu to the extent it pertains to the petitioner shall remain stayed.
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