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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 the leaked questions with answers, as well as the Test Booklet / Question Paper on which the exam was supposed to be held on 04.03.2025 were recovered and seized by the CBI during the investigation.

15. Niraj Kumar Verma had struck out 08 questions in the photocopies of the leaked questions with answers thereby rendering them illegible. Hence, only 85 questions were legible in the photocopies. This was done in order to mask their unlawful activity by preventing the candidates from securing full or very high marks which would otherwise raise a suspicion of the unfair means adopted in the examination.

16. Raj Narayan Singh Yadav the applicant in Bail Application No. 6155 of 2025, was posted as Loco Pilot (Goods) at DDU Railway Division. He was a junior officer involved in the criminal conspiracy of leaking the CLI question paper. The FIR states that he, along with co accused Ajit Singh (Chief Loco Inspector, DDU) - the applicant in Bail Application No. 6553 of 2025, was supposed to gather the prospective candidates, who had paid bribes, at two different locations at DDU Nagar, UP on 03.03.2025 and disclose the question paper to them in order to prepare them for the examination.

23. Aneesh Kumar, was posted as Assisting Loco Pilot at DDU, Railway Division. He had assisted Sushant Parashar in preparing the question paper of the CLI exam and Sushant Parashar had handed over a copy of the question paper in English to him on 03.03.2025. He had handed it over to co accused Niraj Kumar Verma for circulation among the prospective candidates from whom they had collected bribes. He alongwith co-accused Rakesh Kumar, Loco Pilot, DDU, ECR (who was also a candidate of CLI exam), translated the said questions and answers from English to Hindi language in their own handwriting at the instance of accused Niraj Kumar Verma.

57. Sri Satendra Kumar Singh, the learned counsel for Ajit Kumar Singh - the applicant in Bail application no.6553 of 2025, has submitted that this accused is a Chief Loco Inspector and he was in no way associated in conducting the departmental examination for filling up the vacant posts of Chief Loco Inspector. No question paper or money was recovered from him and no candidate was found with him at the time of his arrest. Apart from section 316(5) B.N.S., all other offences alleged against Ajit Kumar Singh carry the maximum sentence of imprisonment which may extend upto seven years. Ajit Kumar Singh had not been entrusted with the examination paper and it has only been alleged by the prosecution that he had collected bribe from 2 candidates. Sri. Satendra Kumar Singh has submitted that Section 316(5) B.N.S. is not attracted against Ajit Kumar Singh.