NEET-UG paper leak case: Court grants bail to man arrested by CBI, defence counsel argues 'accused arrested due to mistaken identity'
bail to one Gangadhar Gunde whose counsel claimed that he was wrongly arrested by the CBI due to mistaken identity in an NEET paper case linked to Latur, Maharashtra.
CBI had arrested the accused Gunde on June 26 from Dehradun. This case was initially registered by the Latur Police at Shivaji Nagar Police Station. Later on, the FIR was taken over by the CBI.
Special CBI judge Ankit Singla granted bail to Gangadhar Gunde after hearing arguments of counsel for CBI and the accused.
He has been granted bail on furnishing of a bail bond of Rs 25,000 and a surety bond of the same amount.
Advocate Kailash More counsel for Gangadhar Rangnath Gunde argued that Gunde had been arrested by the CBI on June 26 from Dehradun due to mistaken identity. He is not the actual man for whom CBI was looking for.
It was also submitted that an FIR was lodged by the CBI about the NEET UG exam 2024 against a person whose name is also Gangadhar but the full name was not revealed. N Gangadhar Appa Nanjuthappa was arrested by the CBI later on.
CBI had lodged the case against unknown persons. N Gangadhar Appa Nanjuthappa has been arrested in Bengaluru.
Advocate More also submitted that Gangadhar Gunde's name surfaced during the investigation as he met one Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav on October 2.
Gunde met him in Osmanabad about his daughter's matrimonial dispute at her in-law's house. There Gunde and Jadhav exchanged their mobile numbers. Gunde made a call to Jadhav on October 3, the bail plea stated.
On the other hand, the counsel for the
