Allahabad High Court Sushant Prashar @ Sushant Parashar vs Central Bureau Of Investigation Thru. ... on 16 October, 2025 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW Neutral Citation: 2025:AHCLKO:64856 [A.F.R.] (1) Case : CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 7025 of 2025 Applicant : Sushant Prashar @ Sushant Parashar Opposite Party : Central Bureau Of Investigation Thru. Cbi/Acb Lko. Counsel for Applicant : Pranjal Krishna,Suhaib Ashraf Counsel for Opposite Party : Aakash Prasad (2) Case : CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 7700 of 2025 Applicant : Ramayan Opposite Party : C.B.I. Thru. Superintendent Of Police A.C.B. Lko. Counsel for Applicant : Vinay Kumar,Akansha Pathak,Manoj Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party : Aakash Prasad (3) Case : CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 6553 of 2025 Applicant : Ajit Kumar Singh Opposite Party : C.B.I. Thru. Branch Head Lko. Counsel for Applicant : Satendra Kumar (Singh),Abhishek Misra,Shivam Counsel for Opposite Party : Aakash Prasad (4) Case : CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 7067 of 2025 Applicant : Niraj Kumar Verma Opposite Party : Central Bureau Of Investigation Counsel for Applicant : Himanshu Hemant Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party : Aakash Prasad (5) Case : CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 6155 of 2025 Applicant : Raj Narayan Singh Yadav @ R.N.S. Yadav Opposite Party : Central Bureau Of Investigation Thru. Superintendent Of Police A.C.B. Lko. Counsel for Applicant : Pranshu Agrawal Counsel for Opposite Party : Aakash Prasad (6) Case : CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 6252 of 2025 Applicant : Surjeet Singh Opposite Party : Central Bureau Of Investigation / Anti Corruption Bureau Naval Kishore Road Hazratganj Lko. Counsel for Applicant : Purnendu Chakravarty Counsel for Opposite Party : Aakash Prasad (7) Case : CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 7244 of 2025 Applicant : Rakesh Kumar Opposite Party : Central Bureau Ofinvestigation Thru. Cbi/ Acb Counsel for Applicant : Subhash Bisaria Counsel for Opposite Party : Aakash Prasad,Pranjal Krishna (8) Case : CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 7518 of 2025 Applicant : Sanjay Kumar Mishra Opposite Party : Central Bureau Investigation Anti Corruption Bureau Lko. Counsel for Applicant : Purnendu Chakravarty,Pranjal Jain Counsel for Opposite Party : Aakash Prasad Reserved on: 20.08.2025 Delivered on: 16.10.2025 Court No. 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Pranjal Krishna, the learned counsel for the applicant in Bail Application Nos. 7025/2025 and 7244/2025 and Sri Purnendu Chakravarty in Bail Application Nos. 7518/2025 and 6252/2025, Sri Pranshu Agrawal in Bail Application No. 6155/2025, Sri Himanshu Hemant Gupta in Bail Application no. 7067/2025, Sri Satendra Kumar Singh and Sri Shivam in Bail Application 6553/2025, Sri Manoj Kumar Mishra and Sri Vinay Kumar in Bail Application No. 7700/2025 and Sri Aakash Prasad, the learned counsel for the respondent Central Bureau of Investigation assisted by Shri Shashwat Dwivedi, Advocate. 2. The aforesaid case arises out of a First Information Report bearing no. RC0062025A0007 dated 03.03.2025 registered at CBI/ACB under Section 61(2) r/w 318(3) and 316(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (which will hereinafter be referred to as BNS) read with Sections 7, 7A and 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (which will hereinafter be referred to as PC Act) against 9 persons including the applicants in Bail Application Nos. 7025/2025, 6553/2025, 7067/2025, 6155/2025 and not including the applicants in Bail Application nos. 7700/2025, 6252/2025, 7244/2025 and 7518/2025 stating that the accused persons had hatched a criminal conspiracy in connivance with certain appearing candidates to leak the question paper for the departmental examination for the post of Chief Loco Inspector (CLI) in East Central Railways (ECR), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDA) Nagar in exchange of illegal gratification, which examination was proposed to be conducted on 04.03.2025. 3. The CBI apprehended accused persons Niraj Kumar Verma, Ajit Kumar Singh and Sanjay Kumar Mishra in the evening of 03.03.2025 while they were together. The CBI team raided three different locations (1) the residence of Deepak Prakash Jyoti, Loco Pilot Goods, DDU, ECR, (2) Raj Marriage Lawn, DDU and (3) Residence of Rakesh Kumar, Loco Pilot Passenger, DDU, ECR, and found that several candidates were memorizing the leaked questions with answers which tallied with the questions available in the Test Booklet / Question Paper, on the basis of which an examination was to be held on 04.03.2025. The CBI arrested 17 candidates from the three locations. Rs.1.14 crores cash and documents containing