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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 14229/2025 Devaram S/o Shri Virmaram, Aged About 30 Years, R/o Shobhala Jetmal, P.s. Dhorimana, Distt. Barmer. Currently Professor (History), Government Higher Secondary School, Mangta, Block Dhorimana, Distt. Barmer (Raj.)

(Presently Confined In Central Jail Jaipur).

----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through PP ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Prince Pal Singh, Adv. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vijay Singh Yadav, PP Mr. Dharma Ram Gila, Add.SP, SOG, Jaipur HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEER BHATNAGAR

Order

16/04/2026

1. The instant bail application has been filed under Section 483 BNSS on behalf of accused-petitioner. The accused-petitioner has been arrested in connection with FIR No.43/2024, registered at Police Station S.O.G., Jaipur, District A.T.S. & S.O.G. for the offence(s) under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC and Sections 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10 of the Rajasthan Public Examination (Measures for Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Act, 2022.

2. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. It is also contended that the petitioner is in custody since 13.06.2025, charge-sheet has already been submitted, and the beneficiary for whom the petitioner appeared in the examination conducted by the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board for the post of PTI in the year 2022 and the mediators Jagdish Saran and Ashok, have been enlarged on bail by this Court. It is also contended that the charge-sheet itself is voluminous and after filing of the charge- sheet i.e., on 04.09.2025, the trial court has not recorded the statements of any witnesses; therefore, the bail application of the accused-petitioner may be allowed.

3. Learned Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the bail application and contended that the petitioner appeared in the Village Development Officer (VDO) examination conducted by Rajasthan Staff Selection Board in the year 2021 as a dummy candidate for the beneficiary Mukesh Saran. It is also contended that the petitioner also appeared as a dummy candidate for the examination conducted for the post of 3^rd Grade Teacher in the year 2022. It is further contended that the petitioner is a lecturer in the subject of History and appeared twice as a dummy candidate in various examinations conducted by various examination authorities. It is argued that the petitioner's bail application in another S.B. Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 11206/2025 was dismissed by the Co-ordinate Bench vide order dated 22.02.2026; therefore, considering the aforesaid facts, the bail application of the accused-petitioner may be dismissed.

4. Heard and perused the material available on record.

5. It is apparent that the petitioner appeared as a dummy candidate in two examinations conducted by the examination authorities. The petitioner's S.B. Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 11206/2025 was dismissed by the Co-ordinate Bench vide order dated 22.02.2026. In the present case, it is alleged against the petitioner that he appeared as a dummy candidate for the main beneficiary Mukesh Saran, who have been granted bail by this Court. However, the case of the present petitioner is not distinguishable from that of the other co-accused, solely on the ground that the petitioner has criminal antecedents, therefore, considering the aforesaid facts and without commenting anything on the merits of the case, this Court is not inclined to enlarge the accused-petitioner on bail.

6. Accordingly, the instant bail application stands dismissed.

(PRAVEER BHATNAGAR),J Ashwani Kr Srivastava /-7