It is high time the menace of corruption was nipped in the bud by making the bribe-giver susceptible to such prosecution, like the bribe-taker, the High Court of Karnataka has said.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna made these observations while refusing to quash the FIR registered against the owners and two employees of the Karnataka Aromas Company by the Karnataka Lokayukta police in relation to a tender scam allegedly involving the former MLA Madal Virupakshappa, who was then chairman of Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd. (KSDL).
The petitions were filed by Kailash S. Raj, Vinay S. Raj, and Chetan Marlecha, who are owners of Karnataka Aromas Company, and its two employees, Albert Nicolas and Gangadhar. The petitioners were booked for offering a bribe to Mr. Virupakshappa’s son M.V. Prashanth Kumar, finance adviser and chief controller of accounts in the BWSSB, in relation to a KSDL tender.
