Judgment Intelligence
Bail Granted- Court
- Rajasthan High Court
- Date of Decision
- 9 October 2026
- Bench
- Justice Anil Kumar Upman
- Relevant Acts & Sections
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120, 201 and 120B; Information Technology Act, 2000 — Section 66D; Rajasthan Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 1992 — Sections 4 and 6; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483
Both bail applications were allowed on personal bonds of Rs 2,00,000 with two sureties of Rs 1,00,000 each; the petitioners must commit no offence on bail and must report to the police station monthly until the trial ends (paras 14-15). The observations are limited to bail (para 19).
Source Rajasthan High Court, hcraj.nic.in — order dated 9 October 2026
Key holdings
- Statements of co-accused, their corroboration and whether they prove the alleged conspiracy are for the trial, not for meticulous appreciation at the bail stage (para 11).
- The seriousness of a paper-leak accusation cannot by itself be the sole ground for declining bail (para 12).
- A filed charge-sheet, Magistrate-triable offences, co-accused on bail and a long trial ahead weighed in favour of bail (para 13).
- Any breach of the bail conditions, including monthly reporting, is by itself a ground for the trial court to cancel bail (paras 15, 17).
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Brief Facts
Court's Findings
Legal Principle
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Why It Matters
The order turns on the stage of the case rather than its merits: the charge-sheet had been filed, the offences are triable by a Magistrate and co-accused were already on bail (para 13). The weight of co-accused statements was left to the trial (para 11). The State's reliance on the petitioners' other cases and the defence argument that the FIR came more than four years after the 2021 re-examination are recorded (paras 5, 7-8) but not separately discussed. Compare Anil Kumar Meena v. State of Rajasthan, where the Supreme Court granted bail under the same 1992 Act after nearly 30 months in custody, and Sangeeta Arya v. State of Rajasthan on the leak-hit 2021 Sub-Inspector examination.
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