Telangana High Court on Thursday quashed the criminal case of quid pro quo registered by the CBI against Vadarevu and Nizampatnam Industrial Corridor (VANPIC), a corporate entity that planned an industrial park between the districts of Guntur and Prakasam in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State.
The HC bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan allowed the criminal petition filed by M/s Vanpic Projects Private Limited, represented by its general manager P. K. Ravi, quashing criminal prosecution of the company pending on the file of Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases court in Nampally. The corporate entity challenged the action of the CBI court in taking cognizance of the alleged offences attributed to it.
The petitioner’s counsel T. Niranjan Reddy, contending that CBI court did not apply its mind while taking cognizance of the case, argued before the CJ that the company is an artificial person. “There is no material on record to justify prosecution of an artificial person like the petitioner. This aspect was completely overlooked by the CBI,” the counsel said during submission of his arguments earlier.
