ORDER :

1. Applicant/accused has sought indulgence of this Court for grant of bail in FIR No. RC-0042022A0007 dated 11.05.2022 registered with Police Station CBI, ACB, Jammu for commission of offences under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 r/w 120-B IPC on the grounds that he is a Plant Protection Officer in Agriculture Department, J&K Government and is presently posted in Directorate Office of Agriculture Department, Goli Pulli, Jammu; that he is also licensing authority under Pesticide Act for issuing license to the persons dealing in pesticides; that the complainant is pesticide supplier and has already been issued license for selling pesticides for some items and the petitioner told the complainant the formalities required in this regard and told him to complete all the formalities; that the complainant has been insisting that the petitioner should grant him permission without his completing the required formalities which was declined by the petitioner; that the complainant mala-fide and irked filed a false and fabricated complaint alleged before the respondent that the petitioner is demanding bribe under Prevention of Corruption Act; that the petitioner never dem