India, April 20 -- The court of Panchkula additional session judge Rajeev Goyal on Monday discharged an under-suspension former CBI judge, Sudhir Parmar, and four others in a corruption case.

Three of the others discharged are representatives of real estate development companies: Roop Bansal of M3M, Lalit Goyal of IREO and Anil Bhalla of the Vatika Group. Ajay Parmar, a nephew of the suspended judicial officer, was also discharged by the trial court.

Sudhir Parmar, against whom a Prevention of Corruption Act FIR was registered by Haryana anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in April 2023, is a member of Haryana Superior Judicial Services in the rank of an additional district and sessions judge.

Counsels for Sudhir Parmar and Roop Bansal, SPS P...