IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr.MPM No. 1275 of 2010. Decided on: November 26, 2010 Karam Chand …Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. ...Respondent. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner : Mr. Vinay Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondent : Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Assistant Advocate General. Surjit Singh, Judge(Oral) Heard and gone through the record. 2. Petitioner is involved in the scam, regarding issuance of false mark-sheets, in respect of private candidates, who appeared for 8th, 10th, 10+1 and 10+2 examinations, conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education. Role attributed to him is that he was employed in the Board and that it was also amongst his duties to check the examination forms submitted by the candidates and to prepare mark-sheets, on the basis of award lists. 3. Petitioner is alleged to have prepared mark- sheets, in respect of 13 candidates of 10+2 examination, despite the fact that those 13 candidates had not appeared in the examination and the petitioner was in the know of this fact, because they were shown as absentees in the Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? - 2 - attendance scrolls received from the concerned examination centres. In view of the abovestated position, I do not think the petitioner deserves to be granted bail, before arrest. Hence, the petition is dismissed. November 26, 2010(sd) ( Surjit Singh ), J