[Criminal Appeal No. 2129 of 2011]. This appeal has been preferred by the appellant against the order dated 13.7.2011 passed by the Principal Bench of High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur, in Criminal Revision No. 1821 of 2009. By the impugned order, the High Court allowed the criminal revision preferred by the investigating agency-State and set-aside the order dated 30.3.2007 passed by the Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act), Ratlam (hereinafter to be referred to as "Special Judge"). The appellant Vinod Chandra Semwal is a member of the Indian Administrative Service of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Since 4.7.1991, he was posted as Collector, Ratlam. On 21.12.1992, in exercise of the power conferred under Section 31 of the Madhya Pradesh Town Improvement Trusts Act, 1961 (for short "the Act"), the State Government appointed him as Chairman of the Town Improvement Trust, Ratlam (for short "the Trust"), a statutory body constituted under Section 4 of the Act.
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