Top officials said that sanction to prosecute Arya was declined primarily on the ground that the ACB did not take prior approval of the state government under Section 17-A of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act before the registration of a first information report (FIR) in which the IAS officer was named as an accused in a corruption case.
The top court on September 3 noted the high court granted bail to a co-accused accused of receiving the bribe amount, but refused the reprieve to the accused patwari (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
