JUDGMENT :

MOHD. AKRAM CHOWDHARY, J.

1. Through the medium of the instant petition filed under section 438(1) of Cr.P.C., the petitioner seeks bail, in anticipation of his arrest, in case FIR No. 5/2022 registered with Police Station, ACB, (Central), Jammu under section 7 P.C. Act read with Section 120-B IPC.

2. Respondent-Bureau registered the FIR in question against the petitioner upon a complaint purported to have been made by one Harmeet Singh, who had alleged that the petitioner had demanded a sum of Rs. 35,000/- as bribe from him, for issuance of a Fard through one of his tout, namely, Jatin.

3. During the course of the trap laid by the respondent-Bureau, the said Jatin was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting an amount of Rs. 15,000/- as an advance towards the final amount of Rs. 35,000/- Petitioner, however, was neither present on spot at the time of laying a trap by the officials of respondent- Bureau nor had he received the trap money.

4. It has been asserted that the petitioner is an innocent person and has not committed any offence, whatsoever, much less the one alleged in the FIR and the petitioner is stated to have no connection or relation with the accused Jati