HC rejects IAS officer's anticipatory bail plea
Sethi had sought anticipatory bail after his petition seeking quashing of a CBI investigation into alleged corruption was dismissed on June 20 on the ground that the plea was "premature and not maintainable", as the investigation was still at a nascent stage.
The case stems from the arrest of a PSU's group general manager on Dec 8 last year for allegedly accepting a Rs 10 lakh bribe from a Bhubaneswar-based real estate firm. During interrogation, Sethi's name emerged, prompting a CBI search at his residence on Feb 18.
While rejecting Sethi's petition, Justice V Narasingh said: "Considering that the petitioner is a senior officer in the rank of Indian Administrative Service, this court finds force in the submission of the counsel for the CBI that his interrogation being 'ensconced' by an order of anticipatory bail would be a fruitless exercise in the light of the materials unearthed."
"It is often said that the power of corruption is like a shadow, it follows those who wield power. The petitioner undoubtedly has the power of being a senior official of the Indian Administrative Service. On a conspectus of materials on record, whether corruption is his shadow merits probe unhindered and unimpeded by the exceptional remedy of pre-arrest bail," Justice Narasingh observed.
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