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Allahabad HC Quashes Bribery Case Tied to UP Solar Project for Lack of Evidence

The ruling rests on a recanted complaint, highlighting a lack of proof of extortion or undue advantage.

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Overview

  • The Lucknow bench set aside FIR No. 111 of 2025, the May 15, 2025 chargesheet, the May 17, 2025 summoning order, and all consequential proceedings, including a November 6, 2025 special court order.
  • The complainant, Vishwajeet Dutta, told the court the complaint arose from a misunderstanding and affirmed that no money was ever paid to the accused, Nikant Jain.
  • The court found no evidence of property delivered under threat, no threats proven, and no promise or giving of any undue advantage to officials of Invest UP, the High Empowered Committee, or the cabinet.
  • The original allegation claimed a five per cent commission to clear a solar project reportedly worth about ₹8,000 crore for SAEL Solar P6, while records show the Evaluation Committee deferred the application for further information on land and power subsidy.
  • Invest UP’s then CEO Abhishek (Abhikesh) Prakash was suspended and faces a departmental inquiry that is separate from the quashed criminal case, and any decision on his reinstatement has not yet been announced.