Srinagar, Aug. 23 -- The court also held that an officer or servant employed by a Cooperative Society or Cooperative Bank falls within the definition of "Public Servant".

A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar made the observation while dismissing a plea by Gh. Nabi Shah, the former chairman of the Board, Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd, seeking quashing of FIR (No. 04 of 2020 dated 17.08.2020) filed against him for offences under Sections 5(1) (d) read with Section 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act 2006 and 120-B RPC registered with Police Station, ACB Anantnag.

Among other grounds, the 65-year-old chairman had challenged the FIR on the ground that after coming into force of the Jammu and Kashmir Re-organization Act of 2019, the provisio...