A Mumbai sessions court rejected anticipatory bail for a temporary University of Mumbai peon accused of leaking Semester VI B.Com question papers. Police claimed CCTV footage showed the accused photographing exam papers inside the examination control room for alleged monetary gains.

Mumbai, May 19: The sessions court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to 36-year-old Sudesh Tukaram Indap, employed as a peon on a temporary basis, for allegedly leaking the Semester VI B.Com Third Year question paper. The prosecution claimed that he was caught in CCTV footage.

Sessions Judge M.B. Oza, while refusing to grant anticipatory bail to Indap, observed that, “He is working as a temporary peon at the University of Mumbai and while the printing work of question papers was going on in the examination control room, applicant/accused secretly took photographs of the question papers of Semester VI B.Com Third Year question paper on his mobile. There is allegation that this accused had done leakage of question papers. There is also allegation that this was taking place at the CDOE examination centre.”

Court cites CCTV footage and seriousness of offence

“The prosecution had relied on the CCTV footage from the CCTV system installed in the CDOE building, which showed this accused used his mobile to take photographs of question papers. The offence is very serious,” the court observed.