Srinagar, Nov 10: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh, on Monday, upheld a decision by a trial court whereby it had discharged eight accused- five engineers and three contractors- in a case registered by the Vigilance Organisation Kashmir, now Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Kashmir.

In its judgment in 2022, the Court of Special Judge (ACB Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara) had discharged the accused, against whom the anti-graft body had filed an appeal in the High Court.

The case in 2012 was registered based on a verification conducted regarding 19 work components that had been allotted and executed in the years 2007-08 and 2008-09, that after which period of more than five years ago.

Upholding the trial court’s decision, a bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani noted that no explanation regardi

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