JUDGMENT

Alok Kumar Verma, j. - Apprehending his arrest, the applicant Ruchir Gupta, aged about 42 years, moved an application for anticipatory bail before the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge/F.T.C., Roorkee, District Haridwar in connection with Case Crime No.292 of 2020, registered with Police Station Bhagwanpur, District Haridwar for the offence under Sections 409, & 420 of I.P.C. The learned Additional District & Sessions Judge/F.T.C., Roorkee, District Haridwar rejected the said application for anticipatory bail vide its order dated 16.06.2021.

2. This application, under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, is filed by the applicant before this court seeking anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest.

3. In the scholarship scam, vide letter dated 17.04.2018 of the Home Department of the State of Uttarakhand, a Special Investigation Team (S.I.T.) was constituted. The informant of this case Khajan Singh, Sub-Inspector, was appointed as a member of the Special Investigation Team (SIT). After inquiry, the informant Khajan Singh lodged an FIR on 14.06.2020 against the owner/manager of the College of Advance Technology, Roorkee, District Haridwar. During