JUDGMENT :

Alok Kumar Verma, J.

These three Bail Applications have been filed for grant of regular bail in connection with the Case Crime No.01 of 2020, registered at police station Vigilance Sector, Dehradun, District Dehradun.

2. Applicants are in judicial custody under Sections 409, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 201, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 13(1) (d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

3. These three Bail Applications have arisen from one Case Crime No. i.e. Case Crime No. 01 of 2020, therefore, these three Bail Applications are being considered and decided by this common order. Record of the Bail Application No. 159 of 2023 will be leading file.

4. Heard learned counsel for the parties at length and perused the materials placed on record.

5. Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate appearing for the State, submitted that the case of the prosecution is that an inquiry was conducted under the Chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand, regarding OMR sheets manipulation scam, committed in the examination of Village Panchayat Development Officer, conducted by the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (in short