An Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) special court rejected the bail application of former Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Subodh Agarwal (IAS:1988:RJ) in the multi-crore Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) scam on Monday.
Special Judge Rajesh Kumar Dadiya dismissed Agarwal’s bail plea while observing that the allegations against Agarwal were serious and involved alleged “misuse of office” causing substantial loss to the state exchequer.
The court held that observing the gravity of the accusations and the impact on public trust, Agarwal was not entitled to bail at this stage and dismissed the application.
Agarwal was serving as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) when the alleged multi-crore JJM tender scam took place.
He was later arrested by the ACB on April 9 from New Delhi and has been in judicial custody since April 15.
The case relates to an FIR registered by the ACB in Jaipur in 2024 under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code.
It was alleged that despite receiving complaints and information regarding the forged certificates having been submitted by tender-seeking firms, officials continued to process tenders and work orders.
The ACB opposed the bail, saying Agarwal failed to act despite receiving complaints regarding the forged certificates and irregularities in the tender process, enabling undue benefits to private firms and causing losses running into crores of rupees.
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