IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6212 of 2010 SMT.MALTI JAISWAL W/O Late Suresh Prasad Jaiswal, R/o Makdumpura, Digha Ghat, P.S. Digha , District-Patna ------------- Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR THRU.VIG. ----------- 03 17-03-2010 Heard Mr. B.P.Pandey, learned Sr. counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Arvind Kumar, learned I/C Spl. P.P. for the Vigilance. The petitioner, who is in custody in connection with Vigilance P.S. Case No.121 of 2009 for offences under Sections 7, 13(2), read with Section 13(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, has prayed for grant of bail. The petitioner was posted as Lady Supervisor, Child Welfare , Nawanagar , Buxar. The allegation against the petitioner is that she was apprehended by the trap team of the Vigilance while she was demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs.5000/-. The bribe money was also recovered from her possession. The number of currency notes recovered from the possession of the petitioner were tallied with the pre- trap memorandum. Learned counsel for the Vigilance has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. - 2 - Since the petitioner is a lady, I am inclined to grant the privilege of bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is allowed. Let the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-( ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Vigilance-1, Patna , in connection with Vigilance P.S. Case No.121 of 2009 with a condition that on each and every date fixed by the court below , the petitioner shall remain present before the court below , failing which her bail bond shall stand automatically cancelled and the court will take immediate steps to take her into custody. However, in special exigency the petitioner can make a prayer before the court below for prior permission for her non-appearance on a particular date and if such prayer is made before the court below, the court below may examine such prayer on its own merit. With the above observation and direction, the bail petition is allowed. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J)