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10. In this context, the learned counsel for the Petitioners refers to a decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in case of Central Bureau of Investigation Vrs. V.C. Shukla & Ors., reported in (1998) 3 SCC 410.

11. It is pertinent to mention that in the said report, CBI submitted charge-sheet under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Mr. V.C. Shukla and Mr. L.K Advani on the basis of Patna High Court CR. REV. No.826 of 2014 dt.10-04-2024 recovery of some diaries, notebooks and files regarding details of payment to various persons from the house of one S.K. Jain. The Hon'ble Supreme Court held that even if the entries made in the said diaries, notebooks and files are presumed to be true, yet those entries would not be sufficient to charge L.K. Advani and V.C. Shukla with accusations levelled against them without independent witnesses having been examined in order to prove their trustworthiness.