Wednesday, 7th April 2010, 10.20 Hrs. To, The Hon'ble the Chief Justice Of India, K G Balakrishnan, In the backdrop of Yahoo India news report - Tue, Apr 6 10:54 AM: CBI says charge those who sting, SC to decide. The Supreme Court today decided to test the legality of the CBI stand that a person who does a sting operation on the sly to expose a "corrupt" public official is liable to be charged with the offence of abetting corruption. Abetment of corruption draws a punishment of imprisonment of a maximum five years and fine under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988. MY LORDSHIP, If whether an alleged act constitutes an offence punishable with imprisonment, is probably a matter of Public Policy of India, a matter 'substantially' falls within the provinces of Parliament of India. MY LORDSHIP, in our scheme of Constitution, the Separation of powers is recognized as a basic feature of our functional democracy. The Separation of powers implies the ex