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Applicant, Ajmal Aqeel, is an Inspector of Income Tax Department, who was posted at Karachi. On 8-6-1985 on the complaint lodged by one Nisar Ahmed, FIA, Crime Circle 11, Karachi, took up the investigation of this case and a trap was led by them. The FIA party under the supervision of a Magistrate caught the applicant and his (1,-rk Shamsher Ali alongwith the tainted money. The tainted money according to the case of prosection was received by Ajmal Aqeel, the applicant herein, who had passed it on to coaccused Shamsher Ali from whom it was recovered.

During the investigation of the case, the FIA Police approached the concerned department for according sanction to prosecute both the accused in the case before the Court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption (Central) at Karachi. The Government of Pakistan in the Ministry of Interior by their letter dated 16th October, 1986 addressed to the Director-General, Federal Investigation Agency, Islamabad, declined to accord sanction to prosecute applicant but directed that a departmental enquiry be conducted against him. Ultimately the Federal Investigation Agency put up a report under section 173, Cr.P.C. against Shamsher Ali in Court but placed the applicant in column 2 of the Challan.