After obtaining the requisite sanction from the Governor on 19th February, 1979 a charge sheet in Vigilance P.S. Case 9 (2) 78 was filed by the State of Bihar against Respondent No. 2 (Dr. Jagannath Misra), Respondent No. 3 (Nawal Kishore Sinha), Respondent No. 4 (Jiwanand Jha) and three other (K.P. Gupta, since 73 deceased, N.A. Haidari and A.K. Singh, who later became approvers) for offences under sections 420/466/471/109/120 B I.P.C. and under section 5(1) (a), 5(1) (b) and 5(1) (d) read with section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.