India, Dec. 30 -- The Bombay High Court has refused to quash an FIR against a Pune police constable accused of negotiating a Rs.10 lakh bribe on behalf of a senior police inspector, observing that sufficient material exists to warrant investigation.

A division bench of Justices A.S. Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale, while hearing the petition on December 22, said judicial interference was unwarranted at this stage, noting that "only investigation will bring out the facts".

The case arises from a September 2019 complaint against Bhanudas Annasaheb Jadhav, then a senior police inspector at Mahalunge police chowki, and others under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code. The complainant, Ajit Pandurang Keswad, alle...