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8) Learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicants has placed reliance on the decisions of the Apex Court in Ram Narayan Popli Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation along with other connected matter - (2003) 3 SCC 641, Depot Manager, A.P. State Road Transport Corporation Vs. Mohd. Yousuf Miya and others - (1997) 2 SCC 699, P.K, Narayanan Vs. State of Kerala - (1995) 1 SCC 142, K.R. Purushothaman Vs. State of Kerala - (2005) 12 SCC 631, Iridium India Telecom Ltd. Vs. Motorola Incorporated and others - AIR 2011 SC 20, R. Sai Bharathi Vs. J. Jayalalitha and others - 2004(2) SCC 9.

17) Learned Counsel for the applicants has placed reliance on K.R. Purushothaman Vs. State of Kerala (supra) and Ram Narayan Popli Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation (supra). The facts of the aforesaid cases are altogether different than the instant case. In the instant case there is sufficient circumstantial evidence placed on record to show that the applicants are involved in the conspiracy to cause loss to the government by supplying the medicines at exorbitant rates than the cost of market as well as the cost of rate list of MPLUN. In these circumstances, the aforesaid authorities are not applicable to the facts of this case.