JAMMU, Sept. 18 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed Anti-Corruption Bureau proceedings against petitioners in a case concerning mutation of 116 kanals and 12 marlas of land, holding that an alleged error in exercise of statutory powers cannot by itself be converted into criminal misconduct or conspiracy.
Justice Sanjay Parihar, while allowing connected petitions, quashed proceedings arising out of FIR No. 05/2021 dated February 3, 2021, registered by ACB Jammu under the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B RPC, insofar as they related to the petitioners before the Court.
The controversy related to Mutation Nos. 558, 559 and 564. The ACB case alleged that Revenue Officers had abused their official posi...