HC reserves judgment on Dhumal's petition

The Himachal Pradesh High Court today reserved judgment on a petition filed by former chief minister P.K.Dhumal challenging the orders of Special Judge (Forests) in a case relating to re-employment of retired IPS officer A.N.Sharma allegedly against rules.
Dhumal had challenged the orders on the grounds that the prosecuting agency/Home Department had "misled" the trial court by not placing both the orders of the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and it had been passed without taking cognizance of the orders passed by the Governor on March 21, 2015.
On January 21, 2015, the then Governor of HP Urmila Singh had expressed opinion that sanction under section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act was not required while on March 21 GovernorKalyan Singh had reviewed the January 21 order and refused prosecution sanction against Dhumal.

Dhumal has alleged that prosecution has suppressed the March 21 orders of the Governor from the Court and no cognizance can be taken for any offence alleged to have been committed by a public servant during discharge of official duty without any malafide.
Justice Rajiv Sharma heard the arguments and reserved the judgement.