This petition is filed by the accused under Section

439 of Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail in Crime

No.49/2022 registered by ACB Police, Bangalore for the

offence punishable under Section 7(a) of Prevention of

Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as 'PC Act').

2. Heard the arguments of learned Senior Counsel

appearing for the petitioner's counsel and Special Public

Prosecutor for the respondent-ACB.

3. The case of prosecution is that on the complaint

of one Manjunath, the respondent-police registered the

case for the aforesaid offence. It is alleged in the

complaint that the complainant Manjunath, who is said to

be the GPA holder of Suvvalal Jain and Suresh Chand Jain,

filed an application before the BDA for providing an

alternate site for having utilised the land measuring 33

guntas in Sy. No.206 situated at Kengeri village from the

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aforesaid two persons by the BDA for formation of road

without any acquisition proceedings. When the application

was filed by the complainant, the petitioner-accused being

the Assistant Engineer of BDA, demanded amount of

Rs.1.00 crore and the petitioner has bargained to receive

Rs.60.00 lakhs and accordingly, Rs.5.00 lakhs was handed