As per the charge sheet filed against them respondents Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were said to have committed offences under sections 420/466/417/109/120 B, I.P.C. and under sections 5 (1) (a), (b) and 5 (1) (d) read with section 5 (2) of the Corruption of Prevention Act, 1947 and gravaman of the charge against the respondent No 2 was that in his capacity either as a Minister or the Chief Minister of Bihar by corrupt of illegal means or by otherwise abusing his position as a public servant he, in conspiracy with the other accused and with a view to protect Nawal Kishore Sinha in particular, sought to subvert criminal prosecution and surcharge proceedings against Nawal Kishore Sinha and others and either obtained for himself or conferred on them pecuniary advantage to the detriment of Patna Co operative Bank, its Members, depositors and creditors; in other words, the principal charge against Respondent No. 2 was in respect of the offence of criminal misconduct under section 5 (1) (d) read with section 5 (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and the offence under section 5 (1) (c) was nowhere mentioned or referred to.