IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31173 of 2011 Baban Singh Versus The State Of Bihar Through Vigilance ----------- 03/ 04.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the Vigilance. Petitioner is in jail custody since 1.7.2011 in a vigilance case registered under section 7(13)/2 read with section 3(i) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 on the charge that he was caught red handed while taking Rs 20,000/- as bribe. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner was working as Phylaria Inspector and, as a matter of fact, he had got no power to make compassionate appointment of the allegation maker and it was the committee who had to appoint the allegation maker on compassionate ground. So far as recovery of the aforesaid Rs 20,000/- is concerned, the same was forcibly thrusted into the hand of the petitioner with a view to trap the petitioner in the present case. Taking into consideration the above stated facts and circumstances as well as period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner, Baban Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Special Judge, Vigilance I, Patna in Vigilance P.S. Case no. 40/2011 arising out of Special case no. 35/2011. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)