The Orissa High Court on Monday granted bail to arrested IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya, who was arrested by the Vigilance police on December 30 last year in a corruption case.
Justice SK Sahoo granted the bail to Upadhyaya after considering all the material documents submitted before him and directed that the lower court (Vigilance court) fix the bail conditions.
The 2009-batch IAS officer, who was working as Director of Horticulture, was arrested for allegedly seeking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a supplier through a manager of a private bank.
The manager of the bank, which also services the bank accounts of the Horticulture Directorate, was also arrested by the Vigilance police in the same case on the same day Upadhyaya was arrested.