Chandigarh, April 28 -- Demolishing the foundation of the 2023 corruption case registered by Haryana anti-corruption bureau (ACB) against under-suspension former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge, Sudhir Parmar, the court of additional sessions judge, Panchkula has held that the electronic evidence - WhatsApp chats and audio recordings - produced against Parmar does not satisfy the legal standards for admissibility at trial.

The first information report (FIR) of April 17, 2023, was registered by ACB against Haryana judicial officer Sudhir Parmar, his nephew, Ajay Parmar and director of real estate company M3M India Pvt Ltd Roop Bansal under the Prevention of Corruption Act on the basis of "reliable source information", WhatsApp...