ORDER

[Physical Hearing/Hybrid Hearing (as per request)]

Rajiv Shakdher, J. (Oral)

1. This writ petition seeks to assail the correctness of the answer provided by the respondent to Question No.176 (Booklet `A') incorporated in the question paper framed for the Delhi Judicial Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2023.

2. It is the petitioner's case that the answer provided in the revised and final answer key was not the most appropriate option; a test prescribed by the respondent.

3. For convenience, the question in issue, i.e., Question No.176 is set forth hereafter:

"176. An Individual is facing charges under section 376 IPC and section 302 IPC. He avoided police arrest. Later, he surrendered to a Magistrate before whom neither report under Section 157 (1) Cr.P.C., nor copies of entries in the police diary were filed, who remanded him to judicial custody. Can such person claim default bail after 90 days if no police report is filed?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Yes but after 60 days if no police report is filed.

4. None of the above."

4. Concededly, the petitioner entered option No.2 in the answer sheet. However, according to the respondent the correct answer was the one provided in its revised and final a