<h1>Supreme Court Grants Bail to Former IAS Officer in Rs 2,000 Crore Liquor Scam After Year-Long Detention Under PMLA</h1> A former IAS officer received bail from the Supreme Court in an alleged Rs 2,000 crore liquor scam case in Chhattisgarh. The court noted that 20 accused and over 30 witnesses remained to be examined. The official had been incarcerated for about a year following arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The court considered that a cognizance order was previously set aside by the High Court due to lack of sanction under Section 197 of CrPC, and that the maximum possible sentence was seven years. Bail was granted with conditions including passport surrender and cooperation with court proceedings.