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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous 2^nd Bail Application No. 16146/2025 Purushottam Dadhich S/o Mahaveer Prasad Sharma, Aged About 35 Years, R/o Sagu Chhoti, Post Sagu Kalan, Police Station Khunkhuna, District Deedwana Kuchaman, At Present Under Suspension Assistant Accounts Officer First, Office Of Joint Director, Medical And Health Department, Udaipur. (Presently Confined In Central Jail, Jaipur).

----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through P.P ----Respondent Connected With S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous 2^nd Bail Application No. 16145/2025 Rajendra Kumar Yadav @ Raju S/o Shri Tejpal, Aged About 30 Years, R/o Tadawas, Police Station Kalodara, Jaipur Rural, District Jaipur. (Presently Prisoner Central Jail, Ghatgate, Jaipur).

----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through PP ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sudhir Jain and Mr. Prince Pal Singh in Bail Application No. 16146/2025 Mr. Jitendra Choudhary in Bail Application No. 16145/2025 For Respondent(s) : Mr. Anurag Sharma, Spl. PP with Mr. Anoop Meena Mr. Saleh Mohammed, I.O. (SOG), present in person HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR JAIN

Order

21/01/2026

1. The present 2^nd bail applications under Section 483 of BNSS is filed by the applicants-accused Purushottam Dadhich S/o Mahaveer Prasad Sharma and Rajendra Kumar Yadav @ Raju S/o Shri Tejpal seeking bail in respect of a criminal case registered as FIR No.10/2024 dated 03.03.2024 registered at P.S. Special Police Station (SOG) Jaipur District – ATS & SOG, for the offence under Sections 419, 420 and 120-B of IPC and Sections 4, 5 and 6 of Rajasthan Public Examination (Use of Unfair Means) Act, 1992 (for short ‘the Act of 1992’)

and Section 66-D of IT Act.

2. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants have been falsely implicated in the matter and the investigation against them is complete and they are no more required in investigation. He further submits that there are no chance of fleeing of applicants accused from the jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court. He also submits that the applicants undertake not to repeat offence and cooperate with trial, which will take time.

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner accused-Purushottam Dadhich submits that the allegation against the present petitioner is that the petitioner is having acquaintance with Kundan Kumar Pandey and Sandeep Kumar Lata, who had complicity with Babulal Katara and the paper was made available to the petitioner. He further submits that allegation clearly indicate that the present petitioner has procured paper from Sandeep Kumar Lata and further distributed to other persons. He further submits that Sandeep Kumar Lata has been granted bail, despite having a serious charge than petitioner. He also submits that even other persons like Radhika Singh and Praveen Kumar were also granted bail. He further referred order in case of Rinku Kumar Sharma and submits that several persons allegedly involved in network, were also granted bail. He further submits that very recently on 16.01.2026 Jagdish Vishnoi, who is allegedly kingpin or mastermind, was granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Hon’ble Court. He further submits that the present petitioner is in custody for the offence charged under the Act of 1992 wherein maximum punishment is of three years. He further submits that the allegation upon the present petitioner is not proved from any material collected during investigation and trial will take time as there are 133 accused and more than 150 witnesses making trial impossible.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner-

Rajendra Kumar Yadav @ Raju also submits that the matter pertains to offence under the Act of 1992 wherein the maximum punishment is three years and the petitioner is in custody for last more than a year. He also referred the order passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court and by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court and submitted that even the pe