UPSC cheating case: Delhi HC refuses to grant anticipatory bail to ex-IAS trainee Puja Khedkar
Hindustan TimesThe Delhi high court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to dismissed Indian Administrative Services trainee Puja Khedkar in the UPSC cheating case. She is accused of fraudulently availing attempts in the UPSC examination beyond the permissible limit by faking her identity, The high court said that the steps taken by Khedkar were “a part of the large conspiracy to manipulate the system”. A bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh opined that the present case was a “classic example of fraud committed not only against constitutional body UPSC” but against the society at large and grant of anticipatory bail would affect the investigation to unearth the conspiracy. Former IAS trainee Puja Khedkar Centre ‘discharged’ Khedkar from IAS in September In September, the Centre discharged Khedkar from the IAS over allegations of faking her identity to avail more attempts in the UPSC civil services examination.