The petitioner, B.G. Prakash Kumar, a retired Executive Engineer of BBMP, challenged the Trial Court's order dated 24.02.2026 which partially rejected his discharge application, discharging him of IPC offences but directing continuation of proceedings under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) in three special cases arising from alleged irregularities in road improvement and asphalting works. The petitioner's primary contention was that the 2018 amendment to Section 19(1) of the PC Act (effective 26.07.2018) mandates prior sanction for prosecution of public servants under Sections 7, 11, 13, and 15 of the PC Act, and since no such sanction was obtained, the cognizance taken and continuation of proceedings were without jurisdiction. He further argued that since the petitioner was in service at the time of the alleged offences, sanction was mandatory regardless of his subsequent retirement, and that the earlier discharge order dated 20.09.2023 (later set aside by the High Court) had extinguished the original cognizance, making fresh proceedings without sanction impermissible. The revision petitions were heard and reserved for orders, with the petitioner relying on coordinate bench judgments of the Karnataka High Court in Crl.R.P. Nos. 1214/2025 and 1215/2025 (dated 06.07.2026) holding that prosecution without sanction is not maintainable. The judgment text as provided does not record the final operative order/outcome of these revision petitions.