High Court decides to monitor probe into job racket case
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the anticipatory bail petitions led by two persons who have been accused of having received money from an advocate on the false promise of providing job opportunities in judiciary.
Justice B. Pugalendhi dismissed the petition led by R. Sabari Ganesan and Sakila, the second and the third accused in the case. One Raveendran was the rst accused in the case.
An advocate, J. Vasanthi, led a complaint that the accused persons had received ₹48.97 lakh from her on the false assurance of securing jobs for 16 persons in courts. The rst accused was working as a driver in Madurai District Court and the second accused as an Oce Assistant in the Judicial Magistrate
The second accused is the son and the third accused the wife of the rst accused
Court. The second accused was the son and the third accused was the wife of the rst accused.
The State submitted that it was a case of job racketeering and the investigation was in the initial stage.
The court observed that the oence committed in the case was not against certain individuals, but against society. The oence was said to have been committed in the name of judiciary. The court was inclined to monitor the investigation.
The court directed the police to submit periodical reports on the status of the investigation before the Registrar (Judicial) of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court once in three weeks.