Senior advocate Siddharth Dave, representing a petitioner, submitted before the bench, also comprising Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, the reason for quashing the FIR is that the allegation was based on probability.
Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, representing the Chhattisgarh government, contended that they are not pressing that point at all.
“It`s a new trend, the government started maligning the judges, it`s unfortunate.” Dave submitted that they haven`t maligned anyone in the matter.
The bench said that based on surmises and the allegations levelled, it can`t allow this kind of victimisation.
Dwivedi submitted the respondent had one property worth Rs 11 lakh when he joined the service, and now he has purchased 7 properties worth Rs 2.76 crores.
Sharma had contended that due to his complaint against Singh and his family members, the state government initiated a preliminary enquiry, which revealed that the private respondents held assets, which were disproportionate to their income.