JUDGMENT :

DIVYESH A. JOSHI, J.

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Learned APP waives service of notice of rule for and on behalf of the respondent-State.

2. The present application is filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, for regular bail in connection with the FIR being C.R. No. 11201017230006 of 2023 registered with the CID Crime Boarder Zone Police Station, District Kachchh-Bhuj (West) of the offence punishable under Sections 409, 217, 120B, 114 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 7(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

3. Briefly stated the allegations levelled in the FIR are that the complainant, namely, Kalpnaben Sursinh Godiya, Mamlatdar, Bhuj (City), District Kachchh, being authorized by the Office of the Collector & District Magistrate, Bhuj, has filed the present complaint pursuant to the illegalities committed by the then Collector, Kachchh-Bhuj while granting N.A. Permission in respect of the parcel of land admeasuring 1 Acre 38 Gunths, out of the total area of the land admeasuring 5 Acre 38 Gunthas of Survey No. 709, Government Tra. Survey No. 870 situated at Moje Bhuj City, Taluka: Bhuj alleging that the applicant-Shri Pradipkumar Nirankarnath Sh