Bengaluru: Former Director-General of Police (Prisons) H.N. Sathyanarayana Rao on Tuesday moved the High Court of Karnataka questioning the State government’s order of directing the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to register a case against him in connection with an alleged bribery case.

The government, in its February 26, 2018 order, directed the ACB to register a case of criminal misconduct by a public servant under Sections 13(1) (c) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 on the complaint that Rao had allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs. 2 crore for extending special facilities in violation of the law to V.K. Sasikala, who is undergoing imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case.

Justice Vineet Kothari, before whom the petition came up for hearing, directed Rao’s counsel to place before the court the copies of First Information Report registered by the ACB, and the inquiry report submitted by retired IAS officer Vinay Kumar, who was appointed by the government to examine allegations that special facilities were given to Sasikala. The court adjourned further hearing by a week.