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Jaipur, November 19 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court has refused to grant bail to four accused, including alleged mastermind Jagdish Vishnoi, in the SI Recruitment 2021 paper leak case.
Justice Chandraprakash Shrimali delivered the order on Tuesday, rejecting the pleas of Jagdish Vishnoi, Rajiv Vishnoi, Kartikeya Sharma, and Rinku Yadav. Representing the state government,
Special Public Prosecutor Anurag Sharma and advocate Akshat Sharma strongly opposed the bail application. He argued that Jagdish Vishnoi was the main conspirator who formed a gang to leak the recruitment exam paper, thereby compromising the integrity of the entire process.
The prosecution said that Rajeev Bishnoi was not only a candidate but also ran the operations of the gang that helped circulate the leaked paper. Karthikeya Sharma allegedly bought the paper and sold it to Rinku Yadav, setting up a clear chain of conspiracy.
Prosecutors stressed that there was sufficient evidence against the four accused and hence bail should not be granted.
In their petition, the accused claimed that they have been falsely implicated and the prosecution lacks solid evidence. He argued that the trial was expected to take a long time and that he had already spent a long period in jail.
After hearing both the sides, the court rejected the bail plea.
Although Jagdish Vishnoi got bail eight months ago in the JEN Recruitment 2020 paper leak case, he remained behind bars due to his involvement in the SI paper leak case.
A resident of Danta in Sanchore district, Jagdish was known as “Guruji” among his colleagues. His criminal footprints date back to 2005, when he obtained a fake B.Ed. Had bought. degree.
By leaking an examination paper in 2007, he became a third grade teacher and his name first surfaced in a cheating case during the 2007 constable recruitment examination.
Jagdish has 11 cases registered against him for fraud and paper leak.
The first case was registered in Tonk in 2008 and the second in 2010 at Kardhani police station, following which he was suspended from his teaching post. After being sentenced to jail in both the cases, he remained absconding for four years.
Between 2011 and 2013, three more cases were registered, while he continued to evade arrest. In 2014, SOG arrested him and he spent two months in jail in three cases.
In 2015, he again spent two months behind bars. Between 2016 and 2018, three additional cases related to paper leaks, cheating and using dummy candidates were registered.
He served a five-month prison sentence and was released in January 2019. Continuing his long history of alleged involvement in organized examination fraud, Jagdish Vishnoi was recently arrested again in February 2024.
–IANS
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