[2026:RJ-JP:6895] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal 2nd Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 1972/2026 Kundan Kumar Pandya S/o Late Shri Dinker Pandya, Aged About 54 Years, R/o Brahmin Basti, Taamtiya, Tehsil Saagwada, Police Station Varda, District Dungarpur (Rajasthan) At Present Grade Third Teacher, Government Primary School, Kanyalaghata, Palwada, Dungarpur ( At Present Confined In Central Jail Jaipur) ----Petitioner Versus The State Of Rajasthan, Through The Public Prosecutor. ----Respondent Connected With S.B. Criminal 2nd Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 2626/2026 Swaroop Chand Meena S/o Ramkishan @ Kishan Lal, Aged About 38 Years, R/o Tikri Zafran, Police Station Mahwa, District Dausa, Rajasthan. (Accused Petitioner Presently Confined In Central Jail Jaipur). ----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Harshita Sharma, Mr. Vivek Yadav, Mr. Tushar Sharma and Ms. Swadha Bhargava for Dr. Mahesh Sharma (In SB CRLMB No. 1972/2026) Mr. Vedant Sharma, Mr. Shivam Sharma, Mr. Harshit Soni and Mr. Kartik Sharma (In SB CRLMB No. 2626/2026) For Respondent(s) : Mr. Anurag Sharma, Special PP with Mr. Anoop Meena and Mr. Akshat Sharma Mr. Saleh Mohammed, Dy.SP, SOG, present in person HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR JAIN Order 12/02/2026 1. The present bail applications under Section 483 of BNSS are filed by the applicants-accused Kundan Kumar Pandya S/o Late Shri Dinker Pandya and Swaroop Chand Meena S/o [2026:RJ-JP:6895] (2 of 6) [CRLMB-1972/2026] Ramkishan @ Kishan Lal seeking bail in respect of a criminal case registered as FIR No.10/2024 dated 03.03.2024 registered at P.S. SOG District -ATS, for the offence under Sections 419, 420, 120B and 4, 5 and 6 of Rajasthan Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 1992 and Section 66D of IT Act, 2008. 2. Learned counsel for petitioner Kundan Kumar Pandya submits that after dismissal of bail application on 01.09.2025, almost all accused whose bail applications were dismissed by this Court were granted bail by Hon’ble Supreme Court. She further referred the material against the petitioner and submitted that the petitioner was shown as the handler, but there is no evidence to show that the petitioner is indulged in any financial transaction in paper leak. She also referred the identical cases wherein Hon’ble Supreme Court has granted bail to other accused. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of Swaroop Chand has submitted that there is only one case against the petitioner and after dismissal of SLP by Hon’ble Supreme Court, not a single evidence has been recorded by the trial court. He further referred bail order passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in case of Anil Sankhala (SLP (Criminal) No. 9564/2025) and bunch of matters, Madan Lal (SLP (Criminal) No. 14306/2025), Rajeev Vishnoi (SLP (Criminal) No. 19089/2025), Ashok Singh Nathawat (SLP (Criminal) No. 17786/2025) and submitted that Hon’ble Supreme Court has granted bail to almost all the accused who were arrested in paper leak matters. He further referred bail order of Jagdish Vishnoi, alleged kingpin and [2026:RJ-JP:6895] (3 of 6) [CRLMB-1972/2026] mastermind of paper leak, and submitted that a coordinate Bench has granted bail on 16.01.2026. 4. Learned counsels for the parties have submitted that petitioner Swaroop Chand is in custody since 10.03.2025 and there is one criminal case against him, whereas Kundan Kumar Pandya is in custody since 05.06.2025 and there is no criminal case against him. They further submitted that the number of accused are 133, whereas number of prosecution witnesses are 150 and it is not possible to conclude the trial within a specific timeline. They further submitted that the trial will take its own time and on every date a fresh supplementary chargesheet is filed by SOG, which is primarily reason for the delay. 5. Aforesaid contentions were opposed by learned Special Public Prosecutor and he submitted report received from SOG and submitted that Kundan Kumar Pandya is close associate of Babulal Katara, who was RPSC member and was not granted bail in present case. He further submitted that Kundan Kumar Pandya, has supplied to several persons and out of these persons, 9 were selected. He further submitted that chart a prepared by them indicate that petitioner Kundan Kumar Pandya has distributed paper to several persons which benefited 19 candidates. He further submitted that the SLP filed by Swaroop Chand was dismissed by Hon’ble Supreme Court on 26.09.2025 and since then there is no change in circumstances, thus he cannot claim bail after dismissal of SLP by Hon’ble Supreme Court. 6. Heard learned counsel for the parties and learned Special Public Prosecutor. Perused the material placed on record and also [2026:RJ-JP:6895] (4 of 6) [CRLMB-1972/2026] considered the bail orders as referred by learned counsel for the petitioners. 7. The first bail application of these petitioners was dismissed by this Court on 01.09.2025, wherein after considering bail application of 53 accused, this Court has granted bail to 23 accused but rejected bail application of 30 accused. Admittedly, most of 30 accused were granted bail by Hon’ble Supreme Court and some of the orders were placed on record. 8. The details extracted from order dated 01.09.2025 are indicated as under:- Item No. Case Details and CRLMB No. Date of Arrest Role Assisgned by SOG Criminal Antecedents 1 9984/2025 Kundan Kumar Pandya 05.06.2025 RPSC Connection- took paper from RPSC Member and gave it to handlers and family members who got selected. None. 2 9210/2025 Swaroop Chand Meena 10.03.2025 Paper Leak Gang- arranged the solved leaked paper from Harshwardhan Meena for his son.  Case no. 42/2024 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B IPC and 3, 7, 10 Rajasthan Public Examination Act. 9. After dismissal of application on 01.09.2025, the petitioner Swaroop Chand has approached Hon’ble Supreme Court by filing SLP (Criminal) No. 15273/2025 and the same was dismissed on 26.09.2025. 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Having considered the grounds raised herein and the orders passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in respect to other accused, this Court is of considered view that this is not a fit case to enlarge petitioners on bail, as matter relates to paper leak of public examination. 13. In case of Zeba Khan vs. State of U.P. reported as 2026 INSC 144, Hon’ble Supreme Court has allowed a criminal appeal filed against grant of bail by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad where the accused Mazhar Khan was charged for offences punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC. 14. Considering the gravity of allegations and overall facts and circumstances of the case, it is appropriate to dismiss the bail application of the applicant accused at this stage. 15. Accordingly, the applications for bail filed under Section 483 of BNSS preferred by Kundan Kumar Pandya S/o Late Shri Dinker Pandya and Swaroop Chand Meena S/o Ramkishan @ Kishan Lal are hereby dismissed. 16. The Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and record all material witnesses as early as possible. (ASHOK KUMAR JAIN),J PREETI VALECHA /22-23