1. Heard counsel for the parties.

2. This application is for grant of anticipatory bail. The applicant is suspected to be involved in commission of offence registered as Crime No. 14/2013 with S.T.F. Police Station, Bhopal - commonly known as VYAPAM examination scam cases for the offence punishable under Sections 409, 420, 120-B of I.P.C., Section 3(Gha)1, 2/4 of the M.P. Manyata Prapt Pariksha Adhiniyam, 1937 and under Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

3. The argument of the applicant is that the Investigating Officer is persecuting the applicant. There is no material whatsoever before him to indicate the involvement of the applicant in the commission of the crime. It is submitted that the applicant's daughter Dr. Nistha Agrawal had appeared for Pre-P.G. Examination in 2012. She was already married to one Dr. Vikas Singhal in 2010. The husband of Dr. Nistha Agrawal as well as her father-in-law is Doctor by profession. The applicant hails from a respected family and is a public servant working in the Government Hospital at Bhopal. He is already 64 years of age and has unblemished service record.

4. It is submitted that the fa