Revealing more details on the ‘threat’ faced by him through another judge for questioning the functioning of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and its head in a bribery case against an IAS officer, Justice H.P. Sandesh of the High Court of Karnataka on Monday said he had received the ‘threat’ during the dinner organised on the court premises on July 1 on the eve of retirement of the then Chief Justice.
“A sitting judge, who came and sat by the side of me, started with words, ‘he received a call from Delhi (not disclosed the name from whom the call was received). And said that the person, who called from Delhi, had enquired about me,” Justice Sandesh disclosed in his order dictated in the open court.
“I immediately replied that am not affiliated to any political party,” Justice Sandesh said.
