JUDGMENT

Avneesh Jhingan, J (Oral) - Reply filed in CRM-No. 17795 of 2022 is taken on record. Mr. Aman Pal, Addl. AG Haryana, on instructions from Mr. Sukhnaz Singh, DSP submits that the State adopts the reply filed today in other case i.e. CRM-M-32417 of 2021.

2. The petitioner was granted interim anticipatory bail vide order dated 12.8.2021 in FIR No. 13 dated 2.8.2021, under Sections 13(1)(b) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 [as amended Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018] and Sections 109 and 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Phase-I, Punjab at Mohali, District SAS Nagar, which reads as under:

''1] The matter is taken up for hearing through video conference due to COVID-19 situation.

[2] The prayer in the present petition is for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No. 13 dated 2.8.2021, under Sections 13(1)(b) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 [as amended Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018] and Sections 109 and 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Phase-I, Punjab at Mohali, District SAS Nagar.

Facts of the case

[3] The present FIR arises from vigilance en