IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 06..04..2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.NAGAMUTHU Criminal Original Petition Nos.23479, 21794, 21793, 22062, 22562 and 21651 of 2010 J.Duraimunusamy [A1] ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.No23479 of 2010 S.Chinnathambi [A2] ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.No.21794 of 2010 S.Anbalagan [A3] ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.No.21793 of 2010 Ravichandran [A4] ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.No.22062 of 2010 A.Karuppasamy [A5] ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.No.22562 of 2010 R.Anbalagan [A28] ... Petitioner in Crl.O.P.No.21651 of 2010 -Versus- State by The Additional Superintendent of Police, CBI:SPE:ACB Chennai-600006. [Crime R.C.No.58(A)/2006] ... Respondent/Complainant Petitions under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, praying to call for the entire records relating to case in C.C.NO.10 of 2009 on the file of the learned Additional Special Judge for CBI Cases, IX Additional Judge, Chennai, dated 23.8.2010, and quash the charges from as against the petitioners who are A1 to A5 and A28 in the above case. For Petitioners in all : Mr.A.E.Chelliah, Original Petitions Senior Counsel for Mr.K.Ramanujam For Respondent in all : Mr.N.Chandrasekaran, Original Petitions Special Public Prosecutor for CBI cases COMMON ORDER The petitioners are A1 to A5 and A28 in C.C.No.10 of 2009 on the file of the learned Special Judge [IX Additional Judge, City Civil Court] for CBI Cases, Chennai. Seeking to quash the charges https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ framed against them on 23.08.2010 by the learned Special Judge, the petitioners have come up with these original petitions. 2. Since all these petitions arise out of the same case and there are also common grounds, all these petitions were heard together and they are disposed of by means of this common order. 3. The brief facts of the prosecution case would be as follows:- The Government of Tamil Nadu in G.O.Ms.1080, Home [Police-III] Department dated 08.09.2004 directed the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board [in short, "the TNUSRB"] to recruit 1997 Grade-II Police Constables. Based on the same, the TNUSRB issued a notification calling for applications from eligible aspirants. After the receipt of the applications, physical measurements, endurance test and physical efficiency test were conducted between 21.02.2005 and 07.03.2005. The qualified candidates were called for written test which was held on 27.03.2005. After the examination was over, it was suspected that there had been leakage of question paper relating to general knowledge. Therefore, the Government in its letter No.SC/2062/2005 dated 26.04.2005 ordered for a re-test in General Knowledge. Accordingly, the re-test was conducted on 01.06.2005. It came to light that there was again leakage of question of paper relating to General Knowledge examination held on 01.06.2005 also. Therefore, the examination held on 01.06.2005 was again cancelled. 4. In those circumstances, the Government ordered an enquiry into the leakage of question papers pertaining to the examinations held on 27.03.2005 as well as on 01.06.2005. One Mr.P.Thamaraikannan, IPS, the then Deputy Commissioner of Police, Saint Thomas Mount held enquiry and he sent a report to the Director General of Police on 25.07.2005. According to his report, there was leakage of question papers in respect of both the examinations held on 27.03.2005 and 01.06.2005. 5. The report further revealed that the leakage of question paper on 27.03.2005 was through two clearly identified sources. One source of leakage was two police constables [PC 1025 Durai Munusamy of TNUSRB (A1) and PC 571 Chinna Thambi of Dharmapuri Armed Reserve (A2)] who was also serving in the TNUSRB. The report further alleged that on 23/24.03.2005 around 2.00 a.m. they scaled over the wall of TNUSRB office from the rear side entry into the chamber of the Director General of Police / Chairman, TNUSRB and had stolen away the question papers pertaining to the general knowledge examination and psychology. The question papers were thereafter leaked out by Durai Munusamy and Chinna Thambi to 21 candidates and 22 police constables. 6. According to the report, the 2nd source of the leakage was Mr.T.Radhakrishnan, IPS, the Inspector General of Police, who was holding Additional Charge of post of Inspector General of Police and Member Secretary, TNUSRB. The report further revealed that he gave the question paper to a retired Head Constable Jani Basha [A16] through whom Mr.T.Radhakrishnan, IPS gave question https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ paper to another person also. Mr.Jani Basha passed on the said question paper to three police constables who in turn handed over the same to 9 candidates. 7. The said report further proceeded to say that the second leakage in respect of the examination held on 01.06.2005 was only through Mr.T.Radhakrishnan, IPS and Mr.Jani Basha, Head Constable [A16]. Mr.Jani Basha [A16] allegedly collected a question paper and passed on to 33 police men and 41 candidates. The question papers were sold for monetary consideration to several recipients. The report further gave flow chart for the leakage of question paper passed on from one accused to another. 8. Based on the above report, Mr.K.Natarajan, IPS, Additional Director General of Police and Member secretary, TNUSRB forwarded a complaint to the Inspector of Police, Chinddripet Police Station. The Inspector of Police registered a case in Cr.No.2600 of 2005 under Section 120(B) , 457, 380, 166, 409 of IPC and Section 13 (1) (c) and 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. When the investigation was in progress, a writ petition came to be filed in W.P.No.25153 of 2005 by one Mr.A.Dhandapani seeking investigation of the above allegations by CBI. Accordingly, this court by order dated 28.10.2005 directed the registration of case by CBI and for investigation. That was taken up by way of Special Leave Petition before the Hon'ble Supreme Court by the State of Tamil Nadu and the same was dismissed on 10.10.2006. In the mean while, as per the orders of the Director General of Police, the said case was transferred to Special Investigation Team, C.B.C.I.D., Chennai. As per the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the High Court as referred to above, the said case was again transferred to the CBI and accordingly, it was re-registered in Crime No.RC MA1 2006 A 58 dated 26.12.2005 for offences under Sections 120-B, 457, 380, 166 and 409 of IPC and Sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(c) and (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. As per the FIR , there were as many as 87 accused. On completing the investigation charge sheet was laid against 31 accused and the other accused were omitted. As per the charge- sheet, the petitioners are A1 to A5 and A28. In the final report, it was alleged that the petitioners along with other accused had committed offences under Sections 120(B) r/w 420 of IPC and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(c) and 13(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 9. The petitioners filed Crl.M.P.Nos.400, 399, 397, 398 and 395 of 2009 in C.C.No.10 of 2009 before the Special Judge seeking discharge. All the said petitions were dismissed on 21.08.2009 by the learned Special Judge. Challenging the same, they filed Crl.R.C.No.1013 to 1018 of 2009 before this Court. By common order dated 26.04.2010, this court dismissed all the said criminal revision petitions holding that there are grounds to proceed against the accused by framing appropriate charges. Challenging the same, the petitioner – R.Anbalagan [A28] approached the Hon'ble Supreme Court by way of Special Leave Petition and the same was dismissed on 08.07.2010. Thereafter, the petitioner [A28] – https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ R.Anbalagan filed a second round of petition before the Special Judge under Section 227 of Cr.P.C. seeking discharge which was also dismissed by order dated 23.08.2010. Thereafter, the learned Special Judge framed charges against all the 31 accused. The following are the charges framed by the learned Special Judge against the petitioners and others:- Charge No.1:- Under Sections 120-B r/w 420 of IPC and 13 (2) r/w 13(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act against A1 to A10, A12 to A26, A28 to A31; Charge No.2:- Under Section 420 of IPC against A8 to A10, A12 and A20 [not relating to the petitioners herein]; Charge No.3:- Under Section 420 of IPC against punishable u/s 420 IPC A10, A20, A23 to A26 [not relating to the petitioners herein]; Charge No.4:- Under Sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against A1 to A7, A14, A15, A17, A18, A28, A29; and Charge No.5:- Under Section 13 (2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act against A4 to A7, A13, A17 to A19, A21, A22, A28, A30. After the above charges were framed, the petitioners have come up with these petitions seeking to quash the charges framed against them. That is how, the petitioners are, now, before this Court with these petitions. 10. Before going into the rival contentions, let me reproduce the statement relating to the charges framed against all the accused:- FIRSTLY, that you A-1 J.Duraimunusamy, PC 1025, A2 S.Chinnathambi, PC 571, A3 S.Anbalagan, PC 20178, A-4 N.Ravichandran, PC 24030 (PC 1400 in TSP), A-5 A.Karrupusamy, HC 2403, A6 S.Devanath, then PC 20207 HC 3488, A7 R.Manibalan, PC 21181, A-8 S.Meena, Candidate, A-9 M.Elamathi, Candidate, A-10 N.Elangovan, Candidate, A12 - G.Thirumuthu Vallideivanai, candidate, A-13 D.Balaji, PC 18430, A-14 A.Gopalakrishnan, PC 6266, A-15 A.Jeyamani, HC- 1389, A-16 Y.Jani Basha, Retd. HC, A-17 B.Udhaya Kumar, HC 1396, A-18 S.A.Sekhar, HC 23875, A-19 S.Parthiban, PC-3510, A-20 S.Sathish, Candidate, A-21 S.Gurumoorthy, PC 17147, A-22 C.Pushparaj, PC 18505, A23 E.Kannan, Candidate, A- 24 K.Mathivanan, Candidate, A-25 K.Kuttiraj, Candidate, A-26 M.Devika, Candidate D/o Munusamy, A-28 R.Anbalagan, HC-444, PEW, Tiruvallur, A-29 R.Muthukumarasamy, HC-811, Q Branch, Tirunelveli, A-30 N.Anandan, PC-23432, Tirumullaivoil PS and A- 31 C.Ramamurthy (private person), deceased accused A11 and A27, deceased Jeevaratinam, Head Constable and S.Raja (approver), Kaleeswaran (approver), S.Mohan (approver), K.Sivaraj (approver) D.Alamelu https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ (approver) C.Senthil (approver), V.Rajasekar (approver), P.Sudhakar (approver), Arunkumar (approver), during the year 2005, entered into a criminal conspiracy at Chennai and other places of Tamilnadu to cheat Tamilnadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB) in the matter of obtaining Question paper fraudulently in advance for the PC Examination held on 27.03.2005 and re- examination held on 1.6.2005 and in furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, that you J.Durai Munusamy (A1) and you Chinnathambi (A2), while working in TNUSRB, Chennai on deputation, by abusing your official position, fraudulently and dishonestly obtained Question papers viz. General Knowledge and Psychology for the written exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables in advance for the exam held on 27.3.2005, that you J.Durai Munusamy (A1), in furtherance of the said criminal conspiracy, abused your official position and handed over copy of the Question papers for the written exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables in advance to your relative Ms.S.Meena (A8) at Madurai. In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, knowing fully well that the Question paper given to her by you J.Durai Munusamy (A1) was fraudulently obtained, you Ms.S.Meena (A8) received the same, used the said Question paper and scored high marks in the exam held on 27.3.2005. Further, in pursuance of the criminal conspiracy, you J.Duraimunusamy (A1) also distributed the question papers to your friend A.Gopalakrishnan (A14) at Madurai whose fiancee Ms.G.Thirumuthu Vallideivanani (A12) was appearing for the exam from Madurai. In addition, you J.Duraimunusamy (A1) also parted with a copy of the question papers to your friend Anbu @ S.Anbalagan (A3), that you A.Gopalakrishnan (A14), by abusing your official position and fraudulently obtained the Question papers for the written exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables in advance from your friend J.Duraimunusamy (A1), handed over the same to his fiancee Ms.G.Thirumuthu Vallideivanai (A12) and you Ms.G.Thirumuthu Vallideivanai (A12), in furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, in spite of knowing fully well that the question papers given to you by A.Gopalakrishnan (A14) was fraudulently obtained, received and used the same and scored high marks in the exam. In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy you A.Gopalakrishnan (A14) by abusing your official position parted copy of Question papers for the written exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables in advance to your friend A.Jeyamani, HC (A15). https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Further, you A2 handed over the copy of the said Question paper to your relative M.Elamathi (A9) at Dharmapuri and you Ms.M.Elamathi (A9), in pursuance of conspiracy, knowing fully well that the Question papers given by S.Chinnathambi (A2) was fraudulently obtained, received the same and used the said Question paper and scored high marks in the said exam. In pursuance of conspiracy, you S.Anbalagan, PC 20178 (A3) fraudulently obtained the Question papers for the written exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables in advance for the exam held on 27.3.2005 from J.Duraimunusamy (A1), by abusing your official position, distributed the same to your friend N.Ravichandran (A4) and in pursuance of conspiracy, you N.Ravichandran (A4) by abusing your official position and knowing fully well that the question paper given by S.Anbalagan (A3) was obtained in a fraudulent manner, received the same and distributed it to candidates S.Mohan (Approver, K.Sivaraj (Approver), B.Nagamani (A11- deceased accused) and D.Alamelu (Approver) and received Rs.20,000/- each from them as consideration. Further, you N.Ravichandran (A4) also parted with the copy of Question papers to your friends A.Karuppasamy (A5) and S.Devanath (A6). In pursuance of conspiracy, B.Nagamani (A11- deceased accused) knowing fully well that the Question paper given to him by N.Ravichandran (A4) was fraudulently obtained, received the same and used the said Question paper and scored high marks in the exam held on 27.3.2005. In pursuance of conspiracy, you A.Karuppasamy (A5) by abusing your official position and knowing fully well that the Question paper obtained by you from N.Ravichandran (A4) was obtained in a fraudulent manner, dictated the Question paper over phone to R.Kaleeswaran, (Approver) a candidate for consideration. In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, R.Kaleeswaran (Approver) knowing well that the Question papers dictated by A.Karuppasamy (A5) obtained in a fraudulent manner, received and used the same and scored high marks in the Examination for the recruitment for the post of Grade.II Police Constables. In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, you S.Devanath (A6), by abused your official position and obtained the question paper fraudulently from N.Ravichandran (A4), conspired with your friend R.Manibalan (A7) and in pursuance of the said conspiracy, you abused your official position and passed on the Question paper to candidates S.Raja (Approver) and N.Elangovan (A10) through V.Santhosh Kumar and C.Ramamurthy (A31) respectively for monetary consideration and https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ obtained Rs.60,000/- each from them. In pursuance of the conspiracy, S.Raja (Approver) obtained the question paper in advance fraudulently from S.Devanath (A6) and R.Manibalan (A7) for getting good marks. In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, you C.Ramamurthy (A31) knowing fully well that the question paper given to you by S.Devanath (A6) and R.Manibalan (A7) was obtained fraudulently, received the same and passed it on to your nephew N.Elangovan (A10). In pursuance of the conspiracy, you N.Elangovan (A10) knowing fully well that the question paper given to you by S.Devanath (A6) and R.Manibalan (A7) through your uncle C.Ramamurthy (A31) was obtained fraudulently, received and used the same for scoring high marks in the exams, In pursuance of the conspiracy, you A.Jeyamani (A15) fraudulently obtained the Question papers for the written exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables in advance from A.Gopalakrishnan (A14) at Madurai, conspired with your friend R.Muthukumarasamy (A29) and in furtherance of the criminal conspiracy passed on the same to Murugesan S/o Raju, a Retired Head Constable, for consideration and obtained Rs.9,000/-. In pursuance of the conspiracy, you Y.Jani Basha (A16), entered into a criminal conspiracy with B.Udayakumar (A17) and S.A.Sekar (A18) and in furtherance of the same, you fraudulently obtained the Question papers for the written exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables in advance held on 27.3.2005 and subsequently along with B.Udayakumar (A17) and S.A.Sekar (A18), passed on the Question papers to C.Senthil (Approver), S.Satish (A20), V.Rajasekar (Approver) and P.Sudhakar (Approver) after obtaining consideration of Rs.50,000/-, Rs.80,000/-, Rs.80,000/- and Rs.80,000/- respectively from them and part of the said money was also deposited in the SB account of B.Udayakumar (A17). In furtherance of the said criminal conspiracy, you S.Sathish (A20) knowing fully well that the Question paper given by Y.Jani Basha (A16), B.Udayakumar (A17) and S.A.Sekar (A18), was obtained in a fraudulent manner, received the same and used it for scoring high marks in the exam. In pursuance of the conspiracy, Senthil (Approver), V.Rajasekar (Approver) and P.Sudhakar (Approver) knowing fully well that the Question paper given by Y.Jani Basha (A16), B.Udayakumar (A17) and S.A.Sekar (A18), was obtained in a fraudulent manner, received the same and used it for scoring high marks in the exam. That K.Elumalai (A27-deceased accused) who working as Head Constable -23917 in Stores Department of https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ DGP's office, Chennai, in pursuance of the conspiracy with you R.Anbalagan (A28), to cheat TNUSRB in fraudulently obtaining the Question papers for the written exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables in advance and in furtherance of the same, K.Elumalai (A27 – deceased accused) an you R.Anbalagan (A28) fraudulently obtained the Question paper for the written exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables, abused their official position as public servants and K.Elumalai (A27- deceased accused) passed on the Question paper to D.Murali and R.Manimaran. In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, K.Elumalai (A27-deceased accused) along with you R.Anbalagan (A28) also distributed the Question paper to N.Sivakumar for consideration. You Y.Jani Basha (A16), in furtherance of the criminal conspiracy with B.Udayakumar (A17) and S.A.Sekar (A18), fraudulently obtained the General Knowledge Question paper for the re-exam held on 1.6.2005 due to cancellation of the earlier exam held on 27.3.2005, in advance and distributed the same to you S.Satish (A20), C.Senthil (Approver), V.Rajasekar (Approver) and P.Sudhakar (Approver). In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, you S.Satish (A20) C.Senthil (Approver), V.Rajasekar (Approver) and P.Sudhakar (Approver), knowing fully well that the re-exam Question papers were parted to you S.Satish (A20) by you Y.Jani Basha (A16), you B.Udayakumar (A17) and you S.A.Sekar (A18) and the same were obtained fraudulently, received and used the same and scored high marks in the re-exam held on 1.6.2005. You S.Parthiban (A19), by abusing your official position and fraudulently obtained Question papers for the written re-exam for recruitment of Grade.II Police Constables and in furtherance of the said criminal conspiracy you along with you S.Gurumurthy (A21) handed over copy of the Question paper in advance to you and you E.Kannan (A23) knowing fully well that the re-exam Question papers were obtained fraudulently, received the same and used it and scored high marks in the re-exam held on 1.6.2005. A Fixed Deposit for R.50,000/- was made by you E.Kannan (A23) with Indian Bank, Vandiwash Branch in the joint names of you E.Kannan (A23) and you S.Gurumurthy (A21) and later the proceeds were transferred to the S.B.Account of you S.Gurumurthy (A21) for having parted with the Question paper for the re-exam held on 1.6.2005. You S.Gurumurthy (A21) fraudulently obtained re-exam Question paper from you S.Parthiban (A19) by abusing your official position and passed over the copy of the same to N.Prasad https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ who was introduced to them by you N.Anandan (A30). In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, you N.Anandan (A30) received a consideration of Rs.35,000/- from N.Prasad. In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, you S.Devanath (A6) fraudulently obtained the question paper in advance for the re-exam held on 1.6.2005, parted with the same to you A.Karuppasamy (A5) and you N.Ravichandran (A4). You S.Devanath (A6) further by abusing your official position and passed over the re-exam Question paper to S.Raja (Approver) and to you R.Manibalan (A7), you R.Manibalan (A7) in turn by abusing your official position parted with the same to you N.Elangovan (A10) through your uncle C.Ramamurthy (A31). You A.Karuppasamy (A5), by abusing your official position and fraudulently obtained the re-exam Question paper from S.Devanath (A6) in advance, passed over the same to R.Kaleeswaran (Approver) and you A.Karuppasamy (A5). In furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, R.Kaleeswaran (Approver), knowing fully well that the Question paper given by A.Karuppasamy (A5) was obtained fraudulently, received and used the same and scored high marks in the re-exam. You A.Mathivanan (A24) fraudulently obtained the question paper from Jeevarathinam, (since expired) and in furtherance of the criminal conspiracy knowing fully well that the said Question paper has been obtained fraudulently, received and used the same and scored high marks in the re-exam. You D.Balaji (A13) by abusing your official position and fraudulently obtained re-exam Question paper in advance and passed over the same to your friend C.Pushparaj (A22). You C.Pushparaj (A22) fraudulently obtained the re-exam Question paper from D.Balaji (A13), knowing fully well that the Question paper was obtained in a fraudulent manner, abusing your official position and passed over the same to you K.Kuttiraj (A25), you M.Devika (A26) and D.Arunkumar (Approver). You D.balaji (A13) obtained consideration of Rs.10,000/- from Arunkumar (approver) through you C.Pushparaj (A22) for having parted with the Question paper. In pursuance of the criminal conspiracy, D.Arunkumar (approver), you K.Kuttiraj (A25) and you M.Devika (A26), knowing fully well that the re-exam Question paper was obtained fraudulently, received and used the same and scored high marks in the re-exam. You N.Ravichandran (A4), by abusing your official position and fraudulently obtained the Question paper in advance from you S.Devanath (A6), passed over the Question paper to S.Mohan (Approver), K.Sivaraj (Approver), B.Nagamani (A11- deceased accused) and D.Alamelu (Approver) for https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ consideration, S.Mohan (Approver), K.Sivaraj (Approver), B.Nagamani (A11- deceased accused) and D.Alamelu (Approver) got the Question paper from you N.Ravichandran (A4), knowingfully well that the Question papers were obtained by fraudulent manner, received and used the same to score high marks in the re-exam held on 1.6.2005. K.Elumalai (A27- deceased accused) in pursuance of conspiracy with you R.Anbalagan (A28) fraudulently obtained the Question paper for the re-exam in advance and you R.Anbalagan (A28) and K.Elumalai (A27-deceased accused) fraudulently obtained the Question paper, by abusing your official position as public servants and K.Elumalai (A27- deceased accused) passed on the Question paper to D.Murali and R.Manimaran and further along with you R.Anbalagan (A28) distributed the Question paper to N.Sivakumar for monetary consideration. And thereby you A1 to A10, A12 to A26, A28 to A30 and A31 and A11 (deceased accused), A27 (deceased accused), Jeevaritinam (deceased), S.Raja (approver), Kaleeswaran (approver), S.Mohan (approver) K.Sivaraj (approver) D.Alamelu (approver) C.Senthil (approver), V.Rajasekar (approver), P.Sudhakar (approver), Arunkumar (approver), committed offences punishable under Section 120-B r/w Sec.420 IPC and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988 and I hereby charge you A1 to A10, A12 to A26, A28 to A31 for the offences punishable u/s 120-B r/w Sec.420 IPC and Sec.13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act and within my cognizance. SECONDLY, that you A8 S.Meena, A9 M.Elamathi, A10 N.Elangovan, A12 G.Tirumuthu Vallideivanai and A20 S.Sathish in pursuance of conspiracy, during the period and place as stated in the first charge, cheated Tamilnadu Uniformed Service Recruitment Board by dishonestly obtained question papers i.e. General Knowledge and Psychology as mentioned in the previous charge for the exam held on 27.3.2005 in advance from the persons as mentioned in the previous charge and appeared in the said exam and got high marks from TNUSRB and thereby you A8 S.Meena, A9 M.Elamathi, A10 N.Elangovan, A12 G.Tirumuthu Vallideivanai and A20 S.Sathish committed offence punishable u/s 420 IPC and I hereby charge you A8 to A10, A12 and A20 for the offences punishable u/s 420 IPC and within my cognizance. THIRDLY, that you A10 N.Elangovan, A20 S.Sathish, A23 E.Kannan, A24 K.Mathivanan, A25 K.Kuttiraj and A26 M.Devika in pursuance of conspiracy, during the period and place as stated in the first charge, cheated Tamilnadu Uniformed https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Service Recruitment Board by dishonestly obtained question paper i.e. General Knowledge as mentioned in the previous charge for the exam held on 1.6.2005 in advance from the persons as mentioned in the previous charge and appeared in the said exam and got high marks and thereby you A10 N.Elangovan, A20 S.Sathish, A23 E.Kannan, A24 K.Mathivanan, A25 K.Kuttiraj and A26 M.Devika committed offence punishable u/s 420 IPC and I hereby charge you A10, A20, A23 to A26 for the offences punishable u/s 420 IPC and within my cognizance. FOURTHLY, you J.Duraimunusamy, PC 1025 (A1), S.Chinnathambi, PC 571 (A2), S.Anbalagan, PC 20178 (A3), N.Ravichandran, PC 1400 (A-4), A.Karrupasamy, HC 2403 (A5), S.Devanath, HC 3488 (A6), R.Manibalan, PC 21181 (A7), A.Gopalakrishnan, PC 6266 (A14),