Khedkar is accused of allegedly misrepresenting info in her utility for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2022, to get reservation advantages.
The Delhi High Court has reserved its order on an anticipatory bail plea of sacked IAS probationer Puja Khedkar. She is accused of dishonest and wrongly availing of OBC and incapacity quota advantages within the 2022 civil companies examination. Justice Chandra Dhari Singh mentioned the interim safety from arrest granted to her would proceed within the meantime. After the counsel for the Delhi police and the complainant
UPSC opposed the plea for the pre-arrest bail, the courtroom mentioned, “Heard both sides. Judgement reserved.” Khedkar is accused of allegedly misrepresenting info in her utility for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2022, to get reservation advantages. She has denied all of the allegations.
During the listening to, Khedkar’s counsel argued she was prepared to hitch and cooperate within the investigation and as all the fabric was documentary in nature, her custody was not required. The Delhi police counsel, nevertheless, claimed that Khedkar’s custodial interrogation was essential to unearth the involvement of others within the fee of the offence. He mentioned the digital proof, within the type of her gadgets, have been but to be appeared into by the probe company.
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The police counsel raised considerations over the alleged change in her identify for various makes an attempt in addition to sure discrepancy in her incapacity certificates whereas the senior counsel representing the UPSC sought the dismissal of the anticipatory bail plea. Khedkar was granted the interim safety from arrest by the excessive courtroom August 12, with the reprieve being prolonged occasionally.
The Delhi police beforehand argued that any reduction to Khedkar would hinder its probe into the “deep-rooted conspiracy” within the case, which had wider implications on public belief and the integrity of the civil companies examination. Khedkar’s counsel, on the opposite, argued the proceedings in opposition to her have been an aftermath of a sexual harassment criticism by her in opposition to an officer.
The UPSC mentioned Khedkar dedicated a fraud in opposition to the fee and the general public, and her custodial interrogation was essential to unearth the “magnitude of the fraud” that would not have been finished with out the assistance of different people.
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