JUDGMENT

Mir Alfaz Ali, J. - This is a regular bail application u/s 439 Cr.P.C. praying for bail by the petitioner, namely, Samedur Rahman, who is in detention in connection with Bhangagarh P.S. Case No. 159/2017 registered under sections 120(B)/420/468 of the Indian Penal Code read with section 7/13 (1) (a) (d) (iii) (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

2. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner Mr. Z. Kamar and the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the state-respondent, Mr. M. Phukan were heard.

3. Sri Bedantha Bikash Das lodged an FIR on 17-08-2017 with the Bhangagarh Police Station alleging therein that he appeared in the competitive examination conducted by the Assam Public Service Commission (in short APSC) for the post of Agricultural Development Officer (ADO) in the year 2014. The Chairman of the APSC, Sri Rakesh Paul and his associate middleman, one Mossaraf Hossain demanded Rs. 15 lakhs from the informant, Bedantha Bikash Das as bribe to ensure the job. Accordingly, the informant paid Rs. 50,000/- to the Chairman of the APSC, Sri Rakesh Paul at Satsang Vihar, Bhangagarh, Guwahati as advance, but the informant could not succeed in the examination, as he failed to fulf