Prosecution ends arguments in Haryana judicial exam leak case

New Delhi, July 16

The prosecution on Tuesday concluded before a trial court its arguments in a case relating to the alleged paper leak of the 2017 Haryana Civil Services (Judicial) Preliminary Examination.

The prosecution submitted before Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna that this is an open-and-shut case wherein the material adduced by the prosecution clearly establishes that HCS (Judicial) Preliminary Exam-2017 paper was leaked by then Registrar (Recruitment) Balwinder Kumar Sharma.

Special public prosecutor Charanjit Singh Bakhshi, assisted by advocate Amit Sahni, further argued that the chain of events against the accused was conclusive, which left no doubt for which the accused could claim any relief.

The oral, electronic, documentary and scientific evidence establishes that the then registrar had handed over the question paper of this prestigious examination to his close friend namely Sunita, who then shared the same for illegal gratification with several prospective candidates, the prosecution claimed. The court has posted the matter for further arguments on July 20, when the accused persons will start their argument.

The Delhi High Court had in May granted three more months to the trial court to conclude the proceedings in the case. It had earlier directed that the hearing in the matter be taken up on a daily basis. There are 19 accused and 85 witnesses in the case.