IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Application (C482) No. 140 of 2011 Anurag Gupta S/o Shri Rajeshwar Kumar Gupta Proprietor of M/s Gupta & Company Chowk Bazar, Jwalapur, Haridwar R/o Mohalla Mohtan, Jwalapur District Haridwar …..…Petitioner Versus 1. Central Bureau of Investigation through SP (E) CBI Dehradun. 2. State of Uttarakhand through its Home Secretary Dehradun, Uttarakhand ……….Respondents Shri Shobhit Saharia, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Shri M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for the State. Shri Arvind Vashisth , Advocate, present for the C.B.I. Hon'ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard. 2. By means of this petition moved under section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short Cr.P.C.), the petitioner has sought quashing of the proceedings of charge sheet relating to offence punishable under section 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 2 3. Counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the C.B.I.. Same be taken on record. 4. Clause (c) of Sub-section (3) of Section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, provides that no court shall stay the proceedings under this Act in relation to the trial of the offence punishable under the Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that petitioner is not a public servant. However, that is not the exception provided under Section 19 of the Act. 5. Therefore, the petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C., is dismissed summarily. Interim order dated 03.02.2011, stands vacated. (Prafulla C. Pant,J.) Parul 17.02.2011