IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.845 of 2009 RAMESH SINGH son of Late Munshi Singh, resident of village- Kariya, P.S.- KOtwa, District- East Champaran at Motihari. Versus STATE OF BIHAR through A.D.G. Vigilance,Bihar, Patna ----------- 2 09.02.2009 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the Special P.P. appearing for the Vigilance. The offence alleged is under sections 7, 13(2) read with section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The allegation against the petitioner is to the effect that while working in the office of the District Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarpur, he demanded and accepted the illegal gratification for helping the complainant in a criminal case. It is submitted that the petitioner had absolutely no concern with the criminal case in question since the petitioner was neither the Investigating Officer of the case nor he had to do anything in the matter, and as a matter of fact, the Dy.S.P. who was supervising the case had already submitted the supervision note, and as such, there could be no occasion to help either of the party. It is further submitted that the petitioner has been implicated in this case since he is an activist in the 2 Bihar Police Men’s Association. Learned Special P.P. appearing for the Vigilance opposes the prayer for bail and submits that there is specific allegation of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification. Later on a trap was held and the petitioner was caught red handed with the illegal gratification in different denominations. Thereafter the hand of the petitioner as well as the phulpant in which the currency was kept was put inside the chemical which resulted in positive response. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, I am no inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. His prayer for grant of bail is, accordingly, rejected. Manish/- ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)