JUDGMENT

anoop Kumar Mendiratta, J. - This is an application under Section 438 Cr.PC filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory bail in case No. RC-DaI-2021-a-0032 registered under Sections 420/467/120-B IPC read with Section 66D of the IT act.

2. In brief, as per the case of prosecution, on the basis of source information, the present FIR/RC was registered, wherein it was stated that National Testing agency (NTa), an autonomous testing organization is entrusted by the Government of India with the task of conducting free and fair examinations for admission to premier higher education institutions. One of such examinations is Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) conducted for admission to Undergraduate Engineering Programs (B.E/B. Tech). The fourth session of JEE (Mains), 2021 in Computer Based Test (CBT) was conducted on 26th, 27th, 31st august and 1st and 2nd September, 2021 at different centers located in major cities throughout the country and abroad.

It is further the case of prosecution that V. Mani Tripathi, Siddharth Krishna and Govind Vaarshney were the directors/signatories of M/s affinity Education Pvt. Ltd. having its office at NOIDa, Gautam Budh Nagar.