The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday ordered issue of notice to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on a petition filed by J. Manjunath, IAS officer and former Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban district, who has been arrested in a bribery case.
Justice H.P. Sandesh, before whom the petition came up for hearing, has adjourned further hearing till July 28. Mr. Manjunath was arraigned as accused number 3 in the case after the High Court had questioned functioning of the ACB.
He contended that he was falsely implicated in the bribery case though there was no material evidence against him in the episode of demand for ₹5 lakh made allegedly by a deputy tahsildar (Mahesh P.S., who is accused number 2) attached to the office of the DC, Bengaluru Urban district, and acceptance of bribe amount through a private person (Chetan Kumar, who is accused number 1).