JUDGMENT

S.K. Sahoo, J.

1. The petitioner Ashwini Kumar Patra has filed this application under section 439 of Cr.P.C. for grant of bail in connection with R.C. Case No.09(A) of 2019 pending in the Court of learned Special Judge, CBI, Court No.I, Bhubaneswar in which charge sheet has been submitted under sections 409, 420 and 471 read with section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code and section 13(2) read with section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018).

The petitioner moved an application for bail in the Court of learned Special Judge, CBI, Court No.I, Bhubaneswar, which was rejected vide order dated 07.01.2021 mainly on the ground that prima facie the petitioner appears not only to have processed the housing loans in question but also submitted invalid/ false post-sanction inspection reports in the Bank and that if the petitioner is enlarged on bail, there would be every chance of his influencing the prosecution witnesses and tampering with the prosecution evidence.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in hand, is that the one Roop Lal Meena, Deputy General Manager, Regional Office, Union Bank of India, Bhubaneswar lodged a written complaint before the Su