Bail granted under complete investigation findings with no prior criminal record, emphasizing judicial restraint in ongoing proceedings.

Order

19/09/2025

1. The present bail application under Section 483 of BNS S is filed by the applicant-accused Bajrang Lal S/o Sh. Budhram seeking bail in respect of a criminal case registered as FIR No.76/2025 dated 14.02.2025 registered at P.S. Sadar Sikar, District - Sikar, for the offence under Sections 319(2), 318(4), 61(2)(a) of BNS and Section 10 (1) of Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 .

2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the matter and the investigation against him is complete and he is no more required in investigation. He further submits that there are no chance of fleeing of applicant accused from the jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court. The applicant does not have any criminal antecedents. He also submits that the applicant undertakes not to repeat offence and cooperate with investigation/trial, which will take time.

3. Learned counsel for applicant-accused submits that after arrest of present applicant-accused on 19.06.2025 for the allegation that he assisted dummy candidate for securing entry in the Examination Centre, the applicant-accused was charged and charge-sheet is filed by Investigating Officer after concluding the investigation. He further submits that two other accused, who assisted as dummy candidate on invigilating duty while conducting examination were granted bail by this Hon’ble Court and case of present applicant is similar to case of accused Rakesh Yadav and Dinesh, who were granted bail.

4. Learned Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that the allegations are grave and serious in nature. He submits that complainant-victim has already informed.

5. Heard learned counsel for the applicant-accused and learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the material placed on record by both the parties.

6. On the basis of report lodged by Vikram Singh about incident of impersonation during SSC-GD examination held on 07.02.2025 at S.B.S. Teachers Training College and appearance of one impersonator in the examination with negligence of VCO and other persons. The report is registered and investigated. After investigation police has filed a charge-sheet against Rakesh Yadav, Dinesh Kumar, Sachin and Bajrang Lal for offence under Section 319(2), 318(4), 61(2)(a) of BNS and Section 3, 5, 9, 10(3) of Rajasthan Public Examination Act, 2024. The role of present applicant as assigned by the Investigating Officer is that he assisted dummy candidate in securing entry to the Examination Centre and in CCTV footage, applicant-accused is seen accompanying dummy candidate Sachin. Two other persons involved to assist dummy candidate, were granted bail by this Court. There is no allegation of involvement on commercial basis. There is no criminal antecedents of present applicant-accused.

7. Upon hearing the arguments and perusing the record, we have found that the applicant-accused is no more required in the investigation and he is in custody for quite some time. The further proceedings will take its own time, therefore, looking to entirety of facts and circumstances of the case and without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, the Court deems it appropriate to grant bail to the applicant-

accused.

8. Thus, the instant bail application filed on behalf of applicant-

accused Bajrang Lal S/o Sh. Budhram, is hereby allowed and the applicant-accused is ordered to be released on bail upon furnishing a personal bond of ₹50,000/- with two sureties of like amount to the satisfaction of the Trial Court with the following conditions:-

(i) The applicant-accused shall not tamper with evidence or influence the witness in any manner.

(ii) The applicant-accused shall not indulge in any criminal activity and shall not repeat any criminal offence punishable under the Law.

(iii) The applicant-accused shall attend the hearing of the Trial Court on