C A V ORDER

The applicant has filed the instant bail application before this Court in terms of the provisions of Section 483 Clause(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (' BNSS ' for short) for grant of bail in connection with Crime No. 04/2024 registered with Anti Corruption Bureau, District Raipur under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471,120-B IPC and 7 & 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act .

2. Facts of the case leading to the filing of the present applicant is that on 11.07.2023, the EOW received a communication from the Enforcement Directorate under Section 66 of the PMLA 2002 of ECIR/11/2022 and after conducting due verification, on being satisfied that prima facie a cognizable offence was committed, FIR No. 04/2024 came to be registered under Sections 7 & 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 420,467,468,471,120-B IPC against the applicant and 71 accused. The present applicant has been named in the supplementary charge sheet 03(B)/2024 dated 17.11.2024 along with three others.

3. The applicant was appointed as the Manager by Amit Singh and Siddarth Singhania of Alert Commando, which is the agency for supplying manpower to CG Excise and it was established