Court No. - 87

Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL

APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 3226 of 2022

Applicant :- Dhiraj Rai

Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another

Counsel for Applicant :- Jitendra Pratap Singh,Deeksha

Gupta,Sr. Advocate

Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL

APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 4498 of 2022

Applicant :- Anant Yadav

Opposite Party :- State of U.P.

Counsel for Applicant :- Janardan Yadav

Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL

APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 3390 of 2022

Applicant :- Israr Ahmad

Opposite Party :- State of U.P.

Counsel for Applicant :- Zafar Abbas,Aqeel Ahmad,Indrapal

Vishwakarma,Prabha Shanker Mishra,Ramesh Kumar

Ojha,Siddharth Srivastava,Zia Naz Zaidi

Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

And

Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL

APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 2868 of 2022

Applicant :- Mukesh Rai @ Rintu Rai

Opposite Party :- State of U.P.

Counsel for Applicant :- Chandra Bhushan Dhar

Dubey,Kamlesh Kumar Mishra

Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

And

Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL

APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 4479 of 2022

Applicant :- Sikander Yadav

Opposite Party :- State of U.P.

Counsel for Applicant :- Janardan Yadav,Prakash Chandra

Srivastava

Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

And

Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL

APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 5052 of 2022

Applicant :- Tushar Singh

Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.And Another

Counsel for Applicant :- Siddharth Srivastava

Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.

1. Heard Sri V.P. Srivastava, learned Senior Advocate assisted

by Sri Jitendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the applicants,

Sri Ratnendu Kumar Singh and Sri J.P.S. Chauhan, learned

counsels for the State and perused the record.

2. The present applications under Section 438 Cr.P.C. have been

filed seeking bail in anticipation of the arrest of the accused-

applicants in FIR Number 0037 of 2022, under Sections 407,

408, 409, 420 read with Section 34 I.P.C. and Sections 4/7 (Ka)

(Kha) of Prevention of Corruption Act, registered at Police

Station Rani Ki Saray, District Azamgarh.

3. The S.H.O. of the said police station got information from the

reliable sources that some persons had collected large amount

of money from candidates writing Teacher Eligibility Test for

appointment to the post of Assistant Teacher in the Government

schools run by Basic Siksha Parishad of Uttar Pradesh. These

persons operate as gang to facilitate cheating and copying of the

examination papers. The examination was being held on 23rd

January 2022. On this information the S.H.O. with the police

team went to the place and arrested 22 accused and recovered

Rs. 48,50,000/- collected by the accused from the candidates for

ensuring cheating in examination by the candidates so that these

candidates clear the exam for public office of the Assistant

Teacher.

4. Large scale cheating in mass copying was organized by the

accused who are the managers of the schools/colleges where the

TET was being held. The accused Dhiraj Rai is Manager of

Viplav Vikram Rai, Women P.G. College, Haraiya, District

Azamgarh. The said college was one of the examination centre

in the Azamgarh for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test. The

accused Zafar Khan son of Aalam Khan and Arvind Gupta son

of Jagawtar Gupta were arrested from the spot. Zafar Khan said

that he belonged to Rampur and he had come with his wife who

was writing TET exam. When he was asked that where was her

examination centre, the accused Zafar could not tell the

examination centre. When he was subjected to further

interrogation, he said that he alongwith co-accused Arvind

Gupta would tell candidates from Rampur to give examination

centre at Azamgarh as in Azamgarh his several known people

had colleges/schools, where the TET exam would also be held

besides in several other Dis