Jaipur:<\/strong> The Rajasthan High Court has granted bail to Uttam Pandey, a CRPF Head Constable posted with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Chandigarh, in a bribery case involving an alleged demand of \u20b920 lakh, later reduced to \u20b918 lakh, and recovery of \u20b913 lakh during an ACB trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Justice Ashok Kumar Jain allowed Pandey\u2019s second bail application, observing that despite the charge-sheet having been filed, prosecution sanction had not been granted for more than five and a half months, making further proceedings impossible in view of Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the Court’s earlier order, the ACB case arose from a complaint alleging that money was demanded in connection with settling a case pending before the ED, Chandigarh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ACB had alleged that \u20b920 lakh was initially demanded, later reduced to \u20b918 lakh, and that Pandey was caught accepting \u20b913 lakh during a trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Court held that, in view of the prolonged delay in obtaining sanction, Pandey was entitled to bail. He was ordered to furnish a \u20b950,000 personal bond with two sureties of the same amount, subject to conditions including non-interference with witnesses and regular appearance before the trial court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Court Notes Over 5.5 Months\u2019 Delay in Sanction After ACB Action; Says Proceedings Cannot Move Forward Without Approval Under Section 19 PC Act Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has granted bail to Uttam Pandey, a CRPF Head Constable posted with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Chandigarh, in a bribery case involving an alleged demand … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wppp_is_locked":false,"_wppp_selected_plans":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,29],"tags":[2471,1121,1217,2469,2467,2474,336,48,1196,1798,659,43,150,2473,2472,2468,2470],"class_list":["post-9487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rajasthan-high-court","category-top-stories","tag-acb-trap","tag-anti-corruption-bureau","tag-bail","tag-bribery-case","tag-crpf-head-constable","tag-ed-chandigarh","tag-justice-ashok-kumar-jain","tag-legal-news","tag-prevention-of-corruption-act","tag-prosecution-sanction","tag-rajasthan-hc","tag-rajasthan-high-court","tag-rajasthan-legal-news","tag-second-bail-application","tag-section-19-pc-act","tag-uttam-pandey","tag-13-lakh-bribe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9488,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9487\/revisions\/9488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}