Cooperative Bank Officers Are ‘Public Servants’ Under the PC Act; Departmental Exoneration Without Merits Finding Not a Bar to FIR: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that employees working in Co-operative Banks that are controlled or aided by the government fall within the definition of a Public Servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court also ruled that a mere technical exoneration in departmental proceedings does not prevent the registration of a criminal case for disproportionate assets. Background of the allegations The case was filed by Subhash Chandra,…