JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner herein seeks bail in FIR No. RC0042022A0004, dated 11.04.2002, registered with Police Station CBI, ACB, Jammu for offence under Section 7 of The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (amendment Act, 2018).

2. As per the prosecution case, petitioner herein a Police Inspector, as per the complaint of one Mohd. Ashraf, Selection Grade Constable in J&K Police, demanded a bribe of Rs.20,000/- for closing a complaint filed against the said complainant- Mohd. Ashraf.

3. As per the prosecution version after carrying out the investigation of the complaint, FIR No. RC0042022A0004, dated 11.04.2002 came to be registered and upon laying a trap on11.04.2022, the petitioner herein came to be caught red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.10,000/- from the complainant in presence of independent witnesses.

4. According to the learned counsel, earlier a bail application came to be filed by the petitioner herein before the Court of learned Special Judge Anti-Corruption (CBI Cases) Jammu on 12.04.2022, which came to be dismissed on the very same date.

5. According to the learned counsel, the allegations leveled in the FIR in question against the petitioner are highly