HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION First Bail Application No.47 of 2011 Order on the Bail Application of accused CRIMINAL SIDE Mahendra Kumar Bhargav ...Applicant(In Jail) Versus State of Uttarakhand ….Opposite party Arising out of Case Crime No.2 of 2010 Under Section 7/13(1)D r/w 13(2), Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Police Station Vigilance Sector, Dehradun. Dated: January 25, 2011 Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Mr. Sandeep Tandon with Mr. Mohd. Azim, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. Nandan Arya, learned AGA for the State. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that prosecution case against the applicant is that he was arrested by the team of Vigilance on 08.02.2010 from the office of Vidyut Vyapar Kendra, Bhopatwala Haridwar, while receiving illegal gratification of ` 1,00,000/-, in lieu of reducing the electricity consumption bill. He argued that the applicant is an Office Assistant II in the office of U.P.C.L. Hardwar and is not competent to reduce the bill amount. Therefore, taking money for that purpose by a clerk is unbelievable. He submitted that applicant is an innocent 2 person and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submitted that applicant is in jail since 08.02.2010. He also submitted that appellant is a government servant and there is no likelihood of his absconding in the event of his release on bail. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances and perusing the material available on record and also without expressing any opinion on merit of the case, in my opinion the applicant deserves bail at this stage. Let applicant-Mahendra Kumar Bhargav be released on bail on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of C.J.M. concerned. (V.K. Bist, J.) Vacation Judge 25.01.2011 Arti 3