Beena Parihar Vs Central Bureau of Investigation/Anti Corruption (Allahabad High Court)
The criminal revision before the Allahabad High Court challenged the order dated 08.10.2025 of the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, CBI, Lucknow, which rejected the revisionist’s application for discharge under Section 262 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (akin to Section 227 Cr.P.C.). The case arose from an FIR dated 03.06.2022 registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation alleging offences under Section 120-B IPC read with Sections 7, 7A, and 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, along with Sections 420 and 471 IPC.
The prosecution’s case related to a railway contract awarded to a proprietorship firm originally owned by the revisionist’s first husband, who died in January 2021. After his death, the revisionist took over the firm and obtained a new GST registration in April 2021. The contractual work, which had been extended, was completed in March 2021, measured in June 2021, and the revisionist signed the measurement book certifying completion and acceptance of work. An addendum changing the proprietor’s name in railway records was issued in December 2021. In January 2022, payment of ₹37,11,709 was credited to the firm’s account, from which ₹30,00,000 was transferred to another firm jointly owned by the revisionist and her second husband, a co-accused.
