IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22601 of 2008 RAJ KUMAR PRASAD Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR THRU. VIG. ----------- 3/ 05.08.2008 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel for the State and learned Counsel appearing on behalf of Vigilance. Petitioner is sole named accused of a case which has been registered under Sections 7/13(2) read with Section 13(1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act. Petitioner was A.S.I. of Suryagarha police station. He was apprehended while accepting illegal gratification of Rs. 5000/- by Vigilance officials. A complaint was made by Vimal Kumar Singh that in lieu of sending requisition to M.V.I. the petitioner was demanding bribe. The matter was enquired into by Vigilance department and when the allegation was found to be substantial then a team was formed. Pre trap memorandum was prepared. Petitioner was apprehended accepting bribe amount from complainant. Post trap memorandum was prepared in presence of the witnesses. Submission is that the M.V.I. requisition was already sent to the Court so there was no occasion for the petitioner to demand money. The allegation of seizure of bribe is also incorrect as at the time of occurrence the petitioner was not present rather he had gone to attend call of nature. The petitioner has not even been censored in the police service. He is in custody since 29.03.2008. The G.C. notes which were handed over to the petitioner were tallied with the pre trap memorandum and his both hands and pocket 2 turned pink when washed with Sodium Corbonated water. Considering all the allegations, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly his prayer for bail is rejected. kksinha/ (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)