71/79 and 72/79 respectively under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) in the High Court of Delhi on 20 3 79 against the aforesaid conviction and that the said appeals were admitted by Delhi High Court on 21 3 79: AND WHEREAS the State has also filed an appeal in the Delhi High Court on 18 5 79 under section 377, Code I of Criminal Procedure (No. 2 of 1974) for enhancement of the sentence with respect to the aforesaid accused persons: 546 AND WHEREAS the above mentioned appeals are now pending in the High Court of Delhi: AND WHEREAS the Central Government after fully and carefully examining the material placed before it in regard to the aforesaid offences is of opinion that there is prima facie evidence of the commission of the said offences by Shri Vidya Charan Shukla, who was the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, at the relevant period and as such a person who held high public and political office, Shri Sanjay Gandhi and others and that in accordance with the guidelines contained in the preamble to the 7 1979 (22 of 1979) the said offences ought to be dealt with under that Act.