IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2899 of 2010 MUNDRIKA PRASAD @ MUNDRIKA PD.SON OF LATE JAGDISH PRASAD YADAV SWEEPING LABOURER, WARD NO.59, PATNA CITY CIRCLE, PATNA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, TOWN AND DISTRICT PATNA. Versus STATE OF BIHAR THRU.VIG. For the petitioner : Mr. Partha Sarthy For the State : Mr. Arvind Kumar,Spl.P.P.(Vigi.) ----------- 2/ 15.2.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks bail in a case which has been registered for offences under Sections 7,13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Allegation against the petitioner is that he demanded Rs.3,000/- as bribe for marking the attendance of the complainant in the master roll sheet and on that basis his bills for September and earlier two months were to be prepared. The complainant refused to pay the bribe money and informed the Vigilance. The vigilance deputed a verifier for verification who submitted the report after finding the allegation to be true. Accordingly, a trapping team was organized, they prepared pre-trap memorandum mentioning the numbers of the currency notes which were to be paid on demand and in course of search, the said amount of Rs.3000/- was found in the packet of the petitioner. Submission is that the petitioner has no concern with the preparation of the bill as he is a field staff to watch the work of sweepers. The petitioner is in jail custody since 14.10.2009 and his career has been jeo- paradised due to false implication. Learned counsel for the Vigilance while opposing the prayer for bail has submitted that the numbers of the currency notes which were intended to be paid as bribe money were mentioned in the pre-trap memorandum and the said currency notes were recovered from possession of the petitioner. The fact remains that the petitioner was arrested with the bribe money of the same numbers which were mentioned in the pre-trap memorandum. Considering all these, presently, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for bail is rejected. However, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail after completing one year in custody if there is no progress in the trial. Tahir/- ( Shyam Kishore Sharma, J. )