APSC scam case: Gauhati High Court upholds denial of approver status to accused

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court has upheld an order of the Special Judge, Assam whereby the judge had rejected an application for grant of 'approver' status to an accused person in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) jobs-for-cash scam.

The accused person, one Dr Mrigen Saikia, filed a revision petition before the High Court challenging the Special Judge's ruling. Saikia had been named as an accused person in the supplementary charge sheet filed by the Dibrugarh police in 2019 in connection with the APSC jobs-for-cash scam.

However, the High Court observed that "the petitioner had failed to make true disclosure of the facts, as the materials collected by the Investigating Officer are much more what he had revealed in his statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC.

"…I find the impugned order, rejecting the prayer of the petitioner, suffers from no infirmity or illegality, requiring any interference of this court. Thus, I find no merit in this revision petition, and accordingly, same stands dismissed."

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