Allahabad High Court allows an application under section 482 for withdrawal from prosecution against the Bahujan Samaj Party MLA in Uttar Pradesh, Umashankar Singh in connection with a cheating case.
The Public Prosecutor had opposed the application, stating that "medical officers, in spite of their diligent and devoted discharge of duty during the period of pandemic are at the receiving end.
The Allahabad High Court has expressed displeasure over the Police officials for not informing the public prosecutor in time on the bail application, despite the directions from the Court.
Advocate Suraj Prakash appearing for Girdhar said that he has been wrongly implicated in the present case, and is languishing in judicial custody since the day of his arrest.
The Public Prosecutor, A. Rajesh submitted that according to the provision Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, competent authority's previous approval would be necessary for conducting any preliminary investigation by the VACB.