Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988–Secs. 7, 13(1)(d) r/w. 13(2) & 19–Acquittal from the offence–Prosecution sanction was nothing but a readymade proforma, prepared in advance–The said draft appears to have been sent by the Investigator to the sanctioning authority–Even punctuation, language, phraseology and textual composition remained materially unchanged–Trial Court rightly concluded that the Competent Authority merely affixed signature upon the prepared format transmitted by the Investigator–Held, acquittal recorded by the Trial Court cannot be said either to be unreasonable or contrary to law.
