6] Prima-facie, even if I consider the case
at its face value, it appears from the
complaint that the amount paid is for procuring
contract from private companies and the
applicants’servicesareutilisedas
agents/liaison officers in view of their
contacts with private companies. Amount of
Rs.20,00,000/- by cash is paid by the
informant, but there is no prima-facie evidence
to substantiate the same. The economic offences
wing has conducted an enquiry and no evidence
was found by the with economic offences wing to
make out aforesaid offences against the
applicants except the statement of the
informant that he has paid Rs.20,00,000/- in
cash to the applicant-Mr.Vasant Dattatray Patil
for the sanction of funds under the scheme of
Corporate Social Responsibility. The informant
is a builder and a man with business acumen. It
is not expected of the informant to pay by cash
huge amount without receipt of the same or an
agreement duly executed for the same. In
absence of any prima-facie evidence showing
that payment has been made by the informant to
the applicants, this Court holds that interim
protection can be granted to the applicants,
more particularly, in view of the fact that
earlier also enquiry was conducted by the
economic offences wing and no material has been
found against the applicants.
