UKHC010054512026 2026:UHC:6741 S L. N o. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA1/550/2026 Sanjay Kumar --Applicant Versus Central Bureau Of Investigation --Respondent Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. Lalit Sharma, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Piyush Garg, learned counsel for the respondent-CBI. 3. The present bail application has been filed by the applicant-Sanjay Kumar. He is under incarceration in connection with R.C. No.0072026A0001 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended 2018), registered with Police Station CBI, ACB, Dehradun, District Dehradun. 4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case; has no criminal antecedents and is in judicial custody since 27.02.2026. It is further submitted that, during the course of the trap proceedings, since the only material sought to be relied upon against the applicant is the telephonic conversation between the complainant and the applicant, therefore, in the absence of any independent corroborative evidence, cannot be treated as substantive evidence for the purpose of establishing the allegations against the applicant. It is also submitted that the minimum prescribed punishment under the Prevention of Corruption Act for the alleged offence is three years' imprisonment. Applicant is a government employee and UKHC010054512026 2026:UHC:6741 there is no likelihood of his absconding or fleeing from justice. He undertakes to cooperate with the investigation as well as the trial. He further submits that charge-sheet has already been filed and no custodial interrogation is required. 5. Learned counsel for the respondent opposed the bail application by contending that offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act are serious in nature and involve public interest. He further submits that the telephonic conversation between the complainant and the applicant, along with other materials collected during the course of investigation, prima facie discloses the involvement of the applicant in the alleged offence. But, he admits that charge-sheet has been filed and no custodial interrogation is required. He does not dispute that applicant/accused is under custody since 27.02.2026. 6. Considering the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, this Court is of the view that applicant deserves bail at this stage. 7. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant-Sanjay Kumar be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each of like amount, to the satisfaction of Court concerned. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 03.08.2026 AK