JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner has invoked jurisdiction of this Court under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) seeking bail in a case arising out of FIR bearing Crime No. RC0042022A0008 for offences under Sections 201, 408, 411, 420 and 120-B IPC registered with Police Station, CBI, Jammu.

2. Briefly stated, the case of the prosecution is that pursuant to the decision of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted investigation into the allegations of irregularities in written examination of Sub Inspector posts in the Jammu and Kashmir Police that was conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (for short, the J&K SSB). The aforesaid decision was taken by the Government pursuant to the report of the Enquiry Committee constituted by the Government. As per the report of the Enquiry Committee, there was a criminal conspiracy among the officials of J&K SSB, M/s Merit Trac Bengaluru, beneficiary candidates and other accused persons, as result of which, gross irregularities were committed in the conduct of written examination of Sub Inspector posts in the J&K Police. The said examination was conducted by the J&