Anu Malhotra, J.

1. The applicant Shri B. Ramachandhiran seeks the grant of anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Cr.PC, 1973 and under Section 482 of the Cr.PC, 1973 in relation to the case registered vide RC No.09(A)/2017/CBI/AC-III dated 16.09.2017 in the case titled CBI Vs. Col. Ajay Kumar Singh & Ors. under Sections 7, 8 & 12 of the PC Act, 1988 r/w Section 120B Indian Penal Code, 1860 submitting to the effect that the applicant is a law abiding citizen and has joined the investigation and was present during the search conducted by the officials of the CBI and has denied the allegations before the CBI as also all the allegations levelled in the RC. He further submits that he is the Chairman of the Sri Venkateshwara Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Pondicherry and has roots in the society and his arrest would cause humiliation and in terms of the verdict of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar & Anr., 2014 (8) SCC 273 no arrest ought to be made only because the offences are non bailable and cognizable and lawful for the public officer to do so which is one thing as the justification for the exercise of the same is quite differe