ORDER 1. Leave granted. 2. The criminal prosecution launched against the appellant is sought to be nullified on a claim of immunity under Article 194(2) of the Constitution of India. 3. The gravamen of the charge against the appellant is that he had accepted a bribe to vote in favour of a particular candidate in the Rajya Sabha election that was held sometime in 2012 in Jharkhand. 4. The precise question was dealt with by a Five Judges Bench of this Court in P.V. Narasimha Rao vs. State (CBI/SPE) , (1998) 4 SCC 626 . While two Judges on the Bench took the view that the protection under Article 105(2)/194(2) of the Constitution of India and the immunity granted cannot extend to cases where bribery for making a speech or vote in a particular manner in the House is alleged, the majority view while acutely conscious of the seriousness of the offence, felt that the wrongful act and the "sense of indignation" of the Bench should not lead to a narrow construction of the constitutional provisions which may have the effect of impairing the guarantee to effective parliamentary participation and debate. 5. Having considered the matter we are of the view that having regard to the wide ramification of the question that has arisen, the doubts raised and the issue being a matter of substantial public importance we should be requesting for a reference of the matter to a larger Bench, as may be considered appropriate, to hear and decide the issue arising. We order accordingly and direct the Registry to place the record(s) before the Hon'ble the Chief Justice of India on the administrative side for appropriate orders.