JUDGMENT

Sudhir Mittal, J. - The issue involved in this revision petition is whether the petitioner is entitled to grant of default bail under Section 167(2) Cr.P.C?

2. The petitioner is an accused in FIR No.222, dated 23.11.2018, registered at Police Station Guru Har Sahai, under Sections 420, 406, 409, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of IPC and 7 & 13(1) A of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The petitioner has been involved in this case as at the relevant time he was working as Inspector, Grade-II, PUNSUP, Ferozepur, deputed to purchase paddy from 'Mandi Jiwan Arai' and 'Panje ke Uttar' and allegedly, he along with the co-accused showed purchase of more paddy than actually done thereby causing a loss of Rs.3 crores (approx.) to the State Exchequer. The co-accused mentioned in the FIR are Jaswinder Pal Singh prop, of M/s Reet Enterprises, Sandeep Kumar prop, of M/s Jagdish Chander & Sons, Rashu Mutneja prop, of M/s Dhruv Commission Agent and Jasmeet Singh s/o Amarjeet Singh sole prop, of M/s Sunrise Food Products. Challan was presented in the Court on 23.01.2019 wherein the petitioner and his co-accused named in the FIR were kept in column No.2. At the end of the challan, it was menti